Terminocavus

Din no ase: “coming to the end of the cavity, or last stop for the cavity”1

Ɔdii: NhabanDino a wɔwɔ mmɛnKretasias Awieeɛ

Terminocavus was a horned dinosaur that lived in New Mexico about 75 million years ago. Its frill had a very narrow notch, unlike its relatives. It looked a bit like a smaller cousin of Triceratops.3 1

Ɔtenaa ase

mfeɛ ɔpepem 84 kɔsi 72 a atwam3

Kretasias Awieeɛ

Wɔhunuu fɔsil wɔ

New Mexico, USA, in the Kirtland Formation3 1

Ntɛmntɛm a ɛsen biara

bɛyɛ 33 km/h (21 mph)

Mmirikatuo, nsusuiɛ

Berɛ bɛn na ɛtenaa ase?

Triasik

Jurasik

Kretasias

mfeɛ ɔpepem 252 a atwam20114566, ɔsoro ɛboɔ no

Na ɛyɛ ntɛm sɛn?

Onipa a ɔnante bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3 mph)

Abofra a ɔte sakre so bɛyɛ 12 km/h (7 mph)

Terminocavus bɛyɛ 33 km/h (21 mph)

Ɔpɔnkɔ a ɔretu mmirika bɛyɛ 65 km/h (40 mph)

Kyiita bɛyɛ 100 km/h (62 mph)

nneɛma a ɛyɛ fɛ

Nsɛm a ɛyɛ anigye

Only one partial skeleton of Terminocavus has been found, including a heart-shaped frill and parts of the skull.1

The name Terminocavus means 'last stop for the cavity' because the notch in its frill was almost closed.1

It lived between about 75 and 73 million years ago, during the Campanian stage.3 1

The fossil was discovered by Paul Sealey in 1997 in New Mexico.1

Terminocavus is closely related to Pentaceratops and Anchiceratops.1

The frill of Terminocavus was flat and plate-like, not made of narrow bars like earlier relatives.1

Scientists think Terminocavus might be a step in an evolutionary line where the frill notch slowly closed over millions of years.1

Yei yɛ Terminocavus mfonini a AI yɛeɛ, sɛdeɛ ebia na ɔteɛ. Kɔmputa na ɛyɛeɛ firi deɛ nyansahufoɔ nim mu. Ɛyɛ nsusuiɛ: ebia na aboa ankasa no nte saa, na obiara nnim ne kɔla ankasa.

wobisaeɛ

Nsɛm a wɔbisa bebree fa Terminocavus ho

?How big was Terminocavus?

It was about the size of a smaller cousin of Triceratops. Its known remains are slightly smaller than those of Pentaceratops and Utahceratops, so it was a medium-sized ceratopsian.2

?What did Terminocavus eat?

It was a plant-eater, like other ceratopsian dinosaurs. It used its beak to clip leaves and stems.2

?When did Terminocavus live?

It lived about 75 to 73 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.2 1

?Where was Terminocavus found?

Its fossil was discovered in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, USA, in 1997 by Paul Sealey.2 3

Ma dino ho animdefoɔ

Nyansahu din: Terminocavus
Obi a ɔtoo din: Fowler and Freedman Fowler 20203
Kuo: Dino a wɔwɔ mmɛn
Abusua / kuo kɛseɛ: Ceratopsidae3
Nkyekyɛmu: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae3
Abotan no mfeɛ: mfeɛ ɔpepem 84 kɔsi 72 (Campanian)3
Abotan nhyehyɛeɛ: Kirtland3
Aman: Amerika3
Fɔsil nkyerɛwee: 1 wɔ The Paleobiology Database mu3
Nhunumu: Terminocavus was named in 2020 by scientists Fowler and Freedman Fowler. The only known fossil, a partial skull, was found by Paul Sealey in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico in 1997.3 1
Wɔda so gye ho akyinnye: Scientists debate whether Terminocavus is a separate species or part of a slow, ongoing change from Pentaceratops to Anchiceratops.1

Baabi a nsɛm no firi

Transitional evolutionary forms in chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaurs: evidence from the Campanian of New Mexico (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Terminocavus (en.wikipedia.org)
Terminocavus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mfeɛ, mmeaeɛ, abotan nhyehyɛeɛ, nkyekyɛmu.

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