Achelousaurus
"Acheloos' lizard""
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CLASSIFICATION

Achelousaurus Sampson, 1995
a.k.a Achelosaurus
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • A. horneri Sampson, 1995 "John Horner's Acheloos' lizard""
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Ceratopsia
Coronosauria
Centrosaurinae

see also: Genus Index, Classification


MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 6 m

see also: World Records


TIME

Campanian to Maastrichtian

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

Montana

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

Achelousaurus was an intermediate between Einiosaurus and Pachyrhinosaurus. It is named after a shape-changing river god.


IMAGES

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DANIEL BENSEN

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[THUMBNAIL] Achelousaurus horneri

T. MICHAEL KEESEY

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[THUMBNAIL] the head of Achelousaurus horneri

see also: Art Gallery


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