Menefeeceratops
Menefeeceratops was a horned dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico, USA. It is one of the oldest known members of the ceratopsid family, which includes famous dinosaurs like Triceratops. This plant-eater walked on four legs and had a bony frill on its head.1
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Menefeeceratops is potentially the oldest known ceratopsid dinosaur, living about 83 to 80 million years ago.1
Its fossils were discovered in 1996 by Paul Sealey, a research associate at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History.1
The only known skeleton is partial and not connected, including parts of the skull, jaw, vertebrae, ribs, hip bone, and limb pieces.1
Menefeeceratops lived alongside other dinosaurs like the tyrannosaur Dynamoterror and the hadrosaur Ornatops.1
It shared its environment with giant crocodile-like reptiles such as Deinosuchus and Brachychampsa.1
The name Menefeeceratops honors the Menefee Formation where it was found, and the species name sealeyi honors its discoverer Paul Sealey.1

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?How big was Menefeeceratops?
Menefeeceratops was about 4 to 4.5 metres long, based on comparisons with related horned dinosaurs.12
?When did Menefeeceratops live?
It lived during the Late Cretaceous, about 83 to 80 million years ago (early Campanian age).13
?What did Menefeeceratops eat?
It was a plant-eater (herbivore), as shown by its beak and teeth adapted for chewing plants.3
?Was Menefeeceratops related to Triceratops?
Yes, it was a ceratopsid, the same family as Triceratops, but it was smaller and lived earlier.2
Ogeeyyii daayinootiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Menefeeceratops
- Kan maqaa baase
- Dalman et al. 20213
- Garee
- Daayinoowwan gaanfa qaban
- Maatii / kilaadii
- Ceratopsidae3
- Ramaddii
- Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae3
- Umurii dhagaawwanii
- waggaa miliyoona 84 hanga 72 (Campanian)3
- Caasaawwan dhagaa
- Menefee3
- Biyyoota
- Ameerikaa3
- Galmee fosilii
- 1 The Paleobiology Database keessa3
- Argannoo
- Paul Sealey discovered the fossils in 1996 in New Mexico. The dinosaur was named Menefeeceratops sealeyi in 2021 by Sebastian Dalman, Peter Dodson, and colleagues.1
- Ammallee falmisiisaa
- Scientists are not sure if Menefeeceratops is truly the oldest ceratopsid, because the age of the rocks is still debated.1
Odeeffannoon eessaa dhufa
- Menefeeceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
- Releases | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (newmexicoculture.org)
- Menefeeceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): umurii, bakkeewwan, caasaawwan dhagaa, ramaddii.
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