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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	112568	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=112568

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ceratopsidae : Agujaceratops

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Ornithischia
-	Neornithischia
-	Clypeodonta	Norman 2014
-	Cerapoda	Sereno 1986
-	Marginocephalia	Sereno 1986
-	Ceratopsia
infraorder	Neoceratopsia	Sereno 1986
-	Coronosauria	Sereno 1986
superfamily	Ceratopsoidea	Hay 1902
family	Ceratopsidae	Marsh 1888
subfamily	Chasmosaurinae	Lambe 1915
genus	Agujaceratops	Lucas et al. 2006

Common Name

Aguja horned face

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Agujaceratops	genus	belongs to Chasmosaurinae	stated without evidence	Lucas et al., 2006
Agujaceratops	genus	belongs to Chasmosaurinae	stated with evidence	Longrich, 2010
Agujaceratops	genus	belongs to Chasmosaurinae	stated without evidence	Ryan et al., 2010
Agujaceratops	genus	belongs to Chasmosaurinae	stated with evidence	Longrich, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Ceratopsia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ornithischia)

Diet

herbivore (based on Ceratopsia)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ornithischia)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Ornithischia)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Ornithischia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. G. Lucas, R. M. Sullivan, and A. P. Hunt. 2006. Re-evaluation of Pentaceratops and Chasmosaurus (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior. In S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan (eds.), Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:367-370

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Agujaceratops mariscalensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2006	Agujaceratops Lucas et al. p. 370
2010	Agujaceratops Longrich p. 692 fig. 10
2010	Agujaceratops Ryan et al. p. 185
2011	Agujaceratops Maidment and Barrett p. 2
2014	Agujaceratops Longrich p. 303 fig. 8

References

Lucas S. G., Sullivan R. M., et al (2006) Re-evaluation of Pentaceratops and Chasmosaurus (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae) in the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior, Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35, 367-370

Longrich N. R. (2010) Mojoceratops perifania, a new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the late Campanian of western Canada, Journal of Paleontology 84 4, 681-694 doi:10.1666/09-114.1

Ryan M. J., Russell A. P., et al (2010) A new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Judith River Formation, Montana, New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 181-188

Maidment S. C. R., Barrett P. M. (2011) A new specimen of Chasmosaurus belli (Ornithischia: Ceratopsidae), a revision of the genus, and the utility of postcrania in the taxonomy and systematics of ceratopsid dinosaurs, Zootaxa 2963, 1-17

Longrich N. R. (2014) The horned dinosaurs Pentaceratops and Kosmoceratops from the upper Campanian of Alberta and implications for dinosaur biogeography, Cretaceous Research 51, 292-308 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.06.011

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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