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Achelousaurus > A. horneri
Achelousaurus has two large spikes on the frill, and udults
have lumpy mounds for both brow and nose horns.Etymology: Greek
Achelous (mythical river god) + Greek sauros (lizard)
"horneri" (for Jack Horner, paleontologist). Holotype: MOR
485 Referred specimens: MOR 591, MOR 571. Achelousaurus
horneri had well developed supraorbital and nasal bosses
similar to those of Pachyrhinosaurus,
although the nasal boss was slightly smaller and the supraorbital
bosses weres lightly larger. Both may have been used for
intraspecific combat. It also possesed twin parietal spikes, a
feature it shared with Einiosaurus.
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