Bravoceratops

Bravo (Rio Bravo) horned face

• Bravo · Spanish · from Rio Bravo, the Mexican name for the Rio Grande
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines "Bravo", from the Rio Bravo, the Mexican name for the Rio Grande, with the Greek words for "horn" and "face". It refers to the Rio Grande region of Texas near the Mexican border, where the fossils were found. The type species is Bravoceratops polyphemus.

Named by

Wick and Lehman

Year named

2013

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Javelina Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA

A large ceratopsian (horned dinosaur) from the ceratopsid family, usually considered a chasmosaurine. It is known from fragmentary remains and is thought to be close to Coahuilaceratops from Mexico.