Coahuilaceratops

Coahuila horned face

• Coahuila · Place name (Nahuatl-derived, Spanish) · the Mexican state of Coahuila, where the fossils were found
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines Coahuila, the northern Mexican state where the fossils were found, with the Greek words for "horn" and "face", a common ending for horned dinosaurs. It refers to a large horned dinosaur from Coahuila. The type species, C. magnacuerna, means "big horns", because it had some of the largest brow horns known for any horned dinosaur.

Named by

Loewen et al.

Year named

2010

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico

A large chasmosaurine ceratopsid (horned dinosaur). The type species is Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna.