Sierraceratops
Sierraceratops was a medium-sized horned dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico, USA. It had short but massive brow horns and a long frill with big holes in it. This plant-eater was a cousin of the famous Triceratops.1
Kur jetoi?
Sa i madh ishte?
Sa i gjatë ishte?
Sa i lartë ishte?
Sa i rëndë ishte?
i gjatë sa 6 qen nga hunda te bishti🍌i gjatë sa 31 banane njëra pas tjetrës
i rëndë sa 100 qen🍉i rëndë sa 400 shalqinj🎒i rëndë sa 2,5 klasa të tëra me nxënës🐻❄️i rëndë sa 4 arinj polarë🏃mund të vraponte 100 metra për 10 sekonda (njeriu më i shpejtë do 9,6)Sa i madh ishte Sierraceratops krahasuar me TY?
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Sa i shpejtë ishte?
Fakte argëtuese
Sierraceratops was first thought to be a Torosaurus, but scientists later realized it was a new species.1
Its fossils were discovered in 1997 by geologist Gregory H. Mack on a ranch owned by Ted Turner, founder of CNN.1
The frill of Sierraceratops had large holes called parietal fenestrae, separated by an oval-shaped bar of bone.1
Sierraceratops lived about 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1
It was a chasmosaurine ceratopsid, part of a group of horned dinosaurs that lived in the southern part of ancient Laramidia.1
The name Sierraceratops honors Sierra County in New Mexico, where the fossils were found.1

Pyetjet më të shpeshta për Sierraceratops
?How big was Sierraceratops?
About 4.5 metres (15 feet) long. Its skull was about 1.5 metres (5 feet) long.3
?What did Sierraceratops eat?
It was a plant-eater, like other horned dinosaurs. It ate plants with its beak and cheek teeth.3
?When did Sierraceratops live?
About 72 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1
?Is Sierraceratops a dinosaur?
Yes, it is a dinosaur. It is a type of horned dinosaur called a ceratopsian.1
Shkatërruesi i miteve
Miti: Sierraceratops was just a young Torosaurus.
E vërteta: Sierraceratops is a distinct genus with a different frill shape and older age than Torosaurus.1
Për ekspertët e dinozaurëve
- Emri shkencor
- Sierraceratops
- Emërtuar nga
- Dalman et al. 20224
- Grupi
- Dinozaurët me brirë
- Familja / klada
- Ceratopsidae4
- Klasifikimi
- Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae4
- Mosha e shkëmbinjve
- 84 deri në 66 milionë vjet (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
- Formacionet shkëmbore
- Hall Lake4
- Vendet
- SHBA4
- Gjetjet fosile
- 1 në The Paleobiology Database4
- Zbulimi
- Fossils of Sierraceratops were first found in 1997 by geologist Gregory H. Mack on Ted Turner's ranch in New Mexico. The species was named and described in 2022 by Dalman and colleagues.1
- Ende i diskutueshëm
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Sierraceratops is related to other horned dinosaurs like Bravoceratops and Coahuilaceratops.12
Nga vijnë faktet
- Sierraceratops (en.wikipedia.org)
- Sierraceratops turneri, a new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Hall Lake Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of south-central New Mexico - the University of Bath's research portal (researchportal.bath.ac.uk)
- New “lost relative” of Triceratops found in New Mexico (bath.ac.uk)
- Sierraceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mosha, vendet, formacionet shkëmbore, klasifikimi.
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