Yehuecauhceratops
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Yehuecauhceratops
DV-1004 · type species Yehuecauhceratops mudei
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Ceratopsidae
- Found in
- Mexico
- Named by
- Rivera-Sylva et al. 2017
Field notes
About Yehuecauhceratops
Yehuecauhceratops was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ceratopsidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yehuecauhceratops, from Mexico. Its fossils come from the Aguja Formation. It was named by Rivera-Sylva et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ceratopsidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. E. Rivera-Sylva, E. Frey, and W. Stinnesbeckc, J. R. Guzmán-Gutiérrez, A. H. González-González. 2017. Mexican ceratopsids: considerations on their diversity and biogeography. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 75:66-73