In Depth
Yehuecauhceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. The holotype individual of Yehuecauhceratops was discovered in the Aguja Formation of Mexico, and in life is thought to have been similar to nasutoceratopsine ceratopsian dinosaur genera such as Nasutoceratops and Avaceratops. Unfortunately because of the lack of complete fossils for this genus, the only clear identifier that Yehuecauhceratops is a distinct genus.
Yehuecauhceratops might have shared the same environment with other ceratopsian dinosaurs such as the genus Agujaceratops which is also known from the same formation. Yehuecauhceratops also possibly encountered ankylosaurs, hadrosaurs and dromaeosaurs.
Further Reading
- Mexican ceratopsids: Considerations on their diversity and evolution. - Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 75: 66–73. - H�ctor E. Rivera-Sylva, Eberhard Frey, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, J. R. Jos� Rub�nGuzm�n-Guti�rrez & Arturo H.Gonz�lez-Gonz�lez - 2017.
