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Look up: Achelousaurus

  1. Achelousaurus
    (pronounced ah-key-LOH-uh-SAWR-us) Achelousaurus, aka Achelosaurus (meaning 'Achelous' [a river god who lost his horns] lizard') was a Ceratopsid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period. This hornless, frilled, quadrupedal plant-eater was about 20 ft (6 m) long. It had a nasal boss (a large, rounded knob of bone) on its snout and had two long spikes on the rear of its frill. Achelosaurus seems to be an intermediate between Einiosaurus (which had a similar frill) and Pachyrhinosaurus (which had ...
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  2. Achelousaurus
    `Achelousaurus` (typically , though might be a better reflection of the butchered etymology; `Achelous's lizard`) is a genus of centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America. It was a quadrupedal herbivore with a parrot-like beak, a rough boss (raised bony area) on the snout and two more behind the eyes, and two horns on the end of its long bony neck frill. With a total body length of 6 meters (20 ...
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  3. Achelousaurus
    Achelousaurus, Achelosaurus An “Achelous lizard” from Late Cretaceous North America (Montana). It was named after the Greek, Akheloos, a mythical river god who could change shape at will. He transformed himself into a bull to fight Hercules, who defeated Achelous by tearing off one of his horns. The name alludes to the way a large hornless dinosaur apparently evolve...
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