Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Ceratopsia›Ceratopsidae
Silhouette of Agujaceratops mavericus

Agujaceratops Agujaceratops mavericus Lehman et al. 2017

/ˈæɡjuːdʒˌæsɚɹˌætɑːps/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling

Where It Was Found

Country
United States
Region
Texas
Formation
Aguja
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United States. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Agujaceratops mavericus is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Texas, United States. It was named by Lehman et al. 2017. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Agujaceratops mavericus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Agujaceratops
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Agujaceratops mavericus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Labocania
Labocania aguillonae
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coexisted–with
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
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coexisted–with
Ichthyornis
Ichthyornis dispar
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coexisted–with
Hesperornis
Hesperornis regalis
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coexisted–with
Hypacrosaurus
Hypacrosaurus stebingeri
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coexisted–with
Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus casuarius
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same–clade
Unescoceratops
Unescoceratops koppelhusae
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same–clade
Cerasinops
Cerasinops hodgskissi
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