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Menefeeceratops

Il num vul dir: “Menefee Formation horned face”1
Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun cornsCretacic tardiv

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

Viveva
avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns3
Cretacic tardiv
Fossils chattads en
Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA1
Lunghezza
4 fin 4,5 m (13 fin 15 ft)1
Autezza
1,5 m (4,9 ft)
stima
Spertadad maximala
var 37 km/h (23 mph)
Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic
Giurassic
Cretacic
avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant grond era el?

Quant lung era el?

Menefeeceratops var 4,5 m lung (15 ft)In velo da creschids var 1,8 m (5,9 ft)In auto var 4,5 m (15 ft)In elefant, il pli grond animal da terra dad oz var 6,5 m (21 ft)

Quant aut era el?

In chaunvar 0,5 m (1,6 ft)Menefeeceratopsvar 1,5 m aut (4,9 ft)In chavalvar 1,6 m (5,2 ft)In elefantvar 3,2 m (10 ft)

stima

uschè lung sco 4 chauns dal nas a la cuauschè lung sco 25 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 9,7 secundas (il pli spert uman dovra 9,6)

Quant grond era Menefeeceratops cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn arcunà u tramess.

Quant spert era el?

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

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Menefeeceratops is potentially the oldest known ceratopsid dinosaur, living about 83 to 80 million years ago.1

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Its fossils were discovered in 1996 by Paul Sealey, a research associate at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History.1

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The only known skeleton is partial and not connected, including parts of the skull, jaw, vertebrae, ribs, hip bone, and limb pieces.1

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Menefeeceratops lived alongside other dinosaurs like the tyrannosaur Dynamoterror and the hadrosaur Ornatops.1

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It shared its environment with giant crocodile-like reptiles such as Deinosuchus and Brachychampsa.1

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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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Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Menefeeceratops

?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

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific
Menefeeceratops
Numnà da
Dalman et al. 20213
Gruppa
Dinos cun corns
Famiglia / clada
Ceratopsidae3
Classificaziun
Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae3
Vegliadetgna da la crappa
84 fin 72 milliuns onns (Campanian)3
Formaziuns da crap
Menefee3
Pajais
USA3
Chats da fossils
1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta
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
Anc discutà
Scientists are not sure if Menefeeceratops is truly the oldest ceratopsid, because the age of the rocks is still debated.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Menefeeceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. Releases | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (newmexicoculture.org)
  3. Menefeeceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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