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Stellasaurus had a long, straight nose horn and small bumps above its eyes, similar to its relative Styracosaurus.23
Its skull frill had long spikes called P3 processes, but the other spikes were shorter, giving it a unique look.23
Stellasaurus lived about 75.2 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.3
Scientists think Stellasaurus might be a transitional form, meaning it shows features between older and younger horned dinosaurs.23
The only known fossil is a partial skull, found in the Landslide Butte area near the US-Canada border.2
Stellasaurus is part of a group called centrosaurines, which are horned dinosaurs with big nose horns and fancy frills.2

Pyetjet më të shpeshta për Stellasaurus
?What does the name Stellasaurus mean?
Stellasaurus means 'star lizard', named for the shape of its head ornamentation and as a tribute to David Bowie's song 'Starman'.4
?When did Stellasaurus live?
Stellasaurus lived about 75.2 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.32
?What did Stellasaurus eat?
Stellasaurus ate plants, like other horned dinosaurs.4
Për ekspertët e dinozaurëve
- Emri shkencor
- Stellasaurus
- Emërtuar nga
- Wilson et al. 20205
- Grupi
- Dinozaurët me brirë
- Familja / klada
- Ceratopsidae5
- Klasifikimi
- Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae5
- Mosha e shkëmbinjve
- 84 deri në 72 milionë vjet (Campanian)5
- Formacionet shkëmbore
- Two Medicine5
- Vendet
- SHBA5
- Gjetjet fosile
- 1 në The Paleobiology Database5
- Zbulimi
- Stellasaurus was named by Wilson and colleagues in 2020. The fossil, a partial skull, was found in Montana and is stored at the Museum of the Rockies.12
- Ende i diskutueshëm
- Scientists debate whether Stellasaurus is a separate species or just a stage in the growth of another horned dinosaur like Einiosaurus.23
Nga vijnë faktet
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- A new, transitional centrosaurine ceratopsid from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana and the evolution of the ‘ Styracosaurus -line' dinosaurs (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- royalsocietypublishing.org (royalsocietypublishing.org)
- Stellasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Stellasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): mosha, vendet, formacionet shkëmbore, klasifikimi.
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