Terminocavus

Il num vul dir: “coming to the end of the cavity, or last stop for the cavity”1

Mangiava: PlantasDinos cun cornsCretacic tardiv

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

Viveva

avant 84 fin 72 milliuns onns3

Cretacic tardiv

Fossils chattads en

New Mexico, USA, in the Kirtland Formation3 1

Spertadad maximala

var 33 km/h (21 mph)

Currer, stima

Cura viveva el?

Triassic

Giurassic

Cretacic

avant 252 milliuns onns20114566, l'asteroid

Quant spert era el?

Ina persuna che va a pe var 5 km/h (3 mph)

In uffant sin il velo var 12 km/h (7 mph)

Terminocavus var 33 km/h (21 mph)

In chaval che galoppescha var 65 km/h (40 mph)

In gepard var 100 km/h (62 mph)

chaussas cool

Fatgs divertents

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

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tias dumondas

Las dumondas las pli frequentas davart Terminocavus

?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

Per experts da dinos

Num scientific: Terminocavus
Numnà da: Fowler and Freedman Fowler 20203
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: Kirtland3
Pajais: USA3
Chats da fossils: 1 en The Paleobiology Database3
Scuverta: 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
Anc discutà: Scientists debate whether Terminocavus is a separate species or part of a slow, ongoing change from Pentaceratops to Anchiceratops.1

Danunder che vegnan ils fatgs

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): vegliadetgna, lieus, formaziuns da crap, classificaziun.

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