Achelousaurus

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelôios, Achelous, a Greek shapeshifting deity) +‎ -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

Achelousaurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopsidae – a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Cretaceous of North America.