Terminocavus

Hiika maqaa: “coming to the end of the cavity, or last stop for the cavity”1

Kan nyaate: BiqiltootaDaayinoowwan gaanfa qabanKireetaashasii Dhumaa

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

Kan jiraate

waggaa miliyoona 84 hanga 72 dura3

Kireetaashasii Dhumaa

Fosiliiwwan kan itti argaman

New Mexico, USA, in the Kirtland Formation3 1

Saffisa ol'aanaa

gara 33 km/sa'a (21 mph)

Fiiguu, tilmaama

Yoom jiraate?

Tiraayaasikii

Juraasikii

Kireetaashasii

waggaa miliyoona 252 dura20114566, asteerooyidii

Hammam saffisaa ture?

Nama miilaan deemu gara 5 km/sa'a (3 mph)

Daa'ima saayikilii irra jiru gara 12 km/sa'a (7 mph)

Terminocavus gara 33 km/sa'a (21 mph)

Farda gulufu gara 65 km/sa'a (40 mph)

Cheetaa gara 100 km/sa'a (62 mph)

wantoota bareedoo

Odeeffannoowwan bashannansiisoo

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

Fakkii AI'n hojjetame: Terminocavus — Fakkii AI'n hojjetame kan Terminocavus maal fakkaachuu akka danda'u agarsiisu, kompiitaraan beekumsa saayintistootaa irratti hundaa'uun hojjetame. Tilmaama qofa: bineensi dhugaa adda ta'ee mul'achuu danda'a, halluu isaa dhugaa immoo namni beeku hin jiru.

ati gaafatte

Gaaffiiwwan waa'ee Terminocavus baay'ee gaafataman

?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

Ogeeyyii daayinootiif

Maqaa saayinsii: Terminocavus
Kan maqaa baase: Fowler and Freedman Fowler 20203
Garee: Daayinoowwan gaanfa qaban
Maatii / kilaadii: Ceratopsidae3
Ramaddii: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae3
Umurii dhagaawwanii: waggaa miliyoona 84 hanga 72 (Campanian)3
Caasaawwan dhagaa: Kirtland3
Biyyoota: Ameerikaa3
Galmee fosilii: 1 The Paleobiology Database keessa3
Argannoo: 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
Ammallee falmisiisaa: Scientists debate whether Terminocavus is a separate species or part of a slow, ongoing change from Pentaceratops to Anchiceratops.1

Odeeffannoon eessaa dhufa

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): umurii, bakkeewwan, caasaawwan dhagaa, ramaddii.

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