Stegoceras
Stegoceras was a small dinosaur with a thick, bony dome on its head. It lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous period, about 77 to 74 million years ago. Scientists think it used its dome for head-butting or showing off to other Stegoceras.1
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
E ne e le boima hakae?
telele jwaloka dintja tse 2.5 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatleng๐telele jwaloka dibanana tse 14 di behilwe ka mola
boima jwaloka dikatse tsa lapeng tse 10๐boima jwaloka mahapu a 8๐งธboima jwaloka bana ba kereshe ba 2๐boima jwaloka bana ba sekolo ba 1๐e ne e ka matha dimitara tse 100 ka metsotswana e 9.2 (motho ya lebelo ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)Stegoceras e ne e le kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ho browser ya hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E ne e le lebelo hakae?
Dintlha tse monate
Stegoceras had a thick, smooth dome on top of its skull that grew bigger as it got older.1
The back of its skull had a shelf with small horns made from knobby bumps.1
It had a stiff tail and a broad pelvis, which might have held a big gut for digesting plants.1
Stegoceras was one of the first dome-headed dinosaurs ever discovered, known from skull domes found in 1898.1
Its teeth were small and serrated, good for shearing plants but not for chewing tough fibers.1
Scientists once thought some flat-headed pachycephalosaurs were different species, but they may just be young Stegoceras.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Stegoceras
?How big was Stegoceras?
About 2 to 2.5 metres (6.6 to 8.2 ft) long and weighed around 10 to 40 kilograms (22 to 88 lb).1
?What did Stegoceras eat?
It was an herbivore, eating plants. Its small, serrated teeth were good for shearing leaves, seeds, and fruit.12
?Did Stegoceras really head-butt?
Scientists are not sure. Some think it used its dome for head-butting or flank-butting, while others think it was for showing off or recognizing its own kind.13
Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Many people think Stegoceras used its dome only for head-butting like a battering ram.
Nnete: Scientists debate whether the dome was used for head-butting, flank-butting, or just for display to attract mates.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Stegoceras
- E rehilwe ke
- Lambe 19024
- Sehlopha
- Dihlooho tse chitja
- Lelapa / leloko
- Eupachycephalosauria4
- Tlhophiso
- Ornithischia > Pachycephalosauria4
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 84 ho isa ho 66 (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Judith River, Dinosaur Park, Fruitland4
- Dinaha
- Amerika, Kanada4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 46 ho The Paleobiology Database4
- E boetse e tsejwa e le
- Gravitholus, Hanssuessia, Ornatotholus (mabitso a kgale jwale a balwa e le phoofolo e le nngwe)4
- Ho sibollwa
- Stegoceras was named by paleontologist Lawrence Lambe in 1902, based on partial skull domes found in Alberta, Canada, in 1898 and 1901.1
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are still unsure whether the species Stegoceras novomexicanum from New Mexico really belongs to Stegoceras or to a different dinosaur.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Stegoceras (en.wikipedia.org)
- Stegoceras | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Stegoceras- Enchanted Learning Software (enchantedlearning.com)
- Stegoceras in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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