Achelousaurus

Pronunciation:
ah-KEL-oo-SORE-us
Name meaning:
'Achelous' lizard'
Drawing of Achelousaurus walking on four legs. Its large head has a bony frill, two long spikes and a parrot-like beak.
Type of dinosaur:
ceratopsian
Length:
6.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 83-70 million years ago
Found in:
USA

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ceratopsidae, Centrosaurinae
Named by:
Sampson (1995)
Type species:
horneri