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Achelousaurus
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Etymology
From mul grc Ἀχελῷος Achelous, a Greek shapeshifting deity mul saurus, named by Scott Sampson in 1994 in reference to its transitional combination of nasal boss and frill horns, reminiscent of a myth where Achelous transformed into a bull and had his horn broken off by Hercules.
Proper noun
†1 m
genus family Ceratopsidae a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of North America
mul Dinosaurs