History of Study
The first ceratopsian remains known to science were discovered by Fielding Bradford Meek during the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories led by the American geologist F.V. Hayden. In 1872, Meek found several giant bones protruding from a hillside in southwestern Wyoming. He alerted paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, who led a dig to recover the partial skeleton. Cope recognized the remains as a dinosaur, but noted that even though the fossil lacked a skull, it was different from any type of dinosaur then known. He named the new species Agathaumas sylvestris, meaning "marvellous forest-dweller."
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