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VAGACERATOPS
(va-ga-seh-rah-tops)
meaning: "Wandering horned face"
Vagaceratops
Named By: Scott D. Sampson, Mark A. Loewen, Andrew A. Farke, Eric M. Roberts, Catherine A. Forster, Joshua A. Smith, & Alan L. Titus in 2010
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 75 Ma
Location: Canada, Alberta - Dinosaur Park Formation
Size: Up to 6 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Skull and post cranial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ceratopsia | Ceratopsidae | Chasmosaurinae |
Also known as: | Chasmosaurus irvinensis |
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Vagaceratops (meaning "wandering (vagus, Latin) horned face", in reference to its close relationship with Kosmoceratops from Utah) is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur. It is a chasmosaurine ceratopsian which lived during the Late Cretaceous period (late Campanian) in what is now Alberta. Its fossils have been recovered from the Upper Dinosaur Park Formation.

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