Medusaceratops
Medusaceratops was a horned dinosaur that lived about 80 million years ago. It had a big frill on its head with curved spikes that looked like the snakes of Medusa from Greek myths. This plant-eater roamed what is now Montana, USA.12
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Como era de grande?
Canto medía de longo?
Canto medía de alto?
estimación
Canto pesaba?
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Datos curiosos
Medusaceratops was first thought to be a different dinosaur called Albertaceratops, but later scientists realized it was a new species.2
Its frill had at least five pairs of bony bumps called epiparietals, including a large hooked spike on each side.2
The Mansfield bonebed where Medusaceratops was found contains many skeletons of this dinosaur, suggesting they lived in herds.2
Medusaceratops is one of the oldest known centrosaurine ceratopsids, a group of horned dinosaurs with big nose horns.2

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Medusaceratops
?How big was Medusaceratops?
About 6 metres (20 feet) long, based on a 2010 estimate.4
?What did Medusaceratops eat?
It was a plant-eater, so it ate plants like ferns and leaves.4
?When did Medusaceratops live?
It lived about 77.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.4
?Why is it called Medusaceratops?
Its name means 'Medusa's horned face' because its frill spikes looked like the snake hair of Medusa from Greek myths.4
?Was Medusaceratops a dinosaur?
Yes, it was a horned dinosaur, a type of ceratopsian.4
?Where was Medusaceratops found?
Its fossils were found in Montana, USA, in the Judith River Formation.4
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Medusaceratops
- Bautizado por
- Ryan et al. 20105
- Grupo
- Dinos con cornos
- Familia / clado
- Ceratopsidae5
- Clasificación
- Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae5
- Idade das rochas
- de 84 a 72 millóns de anos (Campanian)5
- Formacións rochosas
- Judith River5
- Países
- EUA5
- Rexistros fósiles
- 1 na Paleobiology Database5
- Descubrimento
- Medusaceratops was named by Michael Ryan, Anthony Russell, and Scott Hartman in 2010 based on fossils from the Judith River Formation in Montana.15
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are not sure whether Medusaceratops was a chasmosaurine or a centrosaurine ceratopsid, because its frill has features of both groups.2
De onde veñen os datos
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- New material and systematic re-evaluation of Medusaceratops lokii (Dinosauria, Ceratopsidae) from the Judith River Formation (Campanian, Montana) (cambridge.org)
- New horned dinosaur: Two-ton plant-eater lived 78 million years ago in Montana | ScienceDaily (sciencedaily.com)
- Medusaceratops - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Medusaceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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