Wendiceratops
Wendiceratops was a plant-eating dinosaur with a huge bony frill on its head and a big upright horn above its nose. It lived about 78 to 79 million years ago in what is now Alberta, Canada. This dinosaur is one of the oldest horned dinosaurs with a tall nose horn ever found.1
E phetse neng?
E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
E ne e phahame hakae?
E ne e le boima hakae?
telele jwaloka dintja tse 6 ho tloha nkong ho isa mohatleng๐telele jwaloka dibanana tse 33 di behilwe ka mola
boima jwaloka dintja tse 75๐boima jwaloka mahapu a 300๐งธboima jwaloka bana ba kereshe ba 79๐boima jwaloka bana ba sekolo ba 47๐ปโโ๏ธboima jwaloka dibere tse tshweu tse 3๐e ne e ka matha dimitara tse 100 ka metsotswana e 9.5 (motho ya lebelo ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)Wendiceratops 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
Wendiceratops had a frill decorated with many curved, forward-pointing spikes that made it look very fancy.1
Its name honors Canadian fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda, who discovered the bonebed where this dinosaur was found.1
Over 200 bones from many different Wendiceratops individuals were found together in one bonebed, making it one of the best-known early horned dinosaurs.1
Wendiceratops lived about 78 to 79 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1
Scientists think the tall nose horn of Wendiceratops evolved separately from the nose horns of later horned dinosaurs like Triceratops.1
The ischium, a hip bone, of Wendiceratops had a wide, rectangular end, which is a unique feature not seen in other horned dinosaurs.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Wendiceratops
?How big was Wendiceratops?
Wendiceratops reached about 6 metres (20 feet) in length and weighed about 1.5 metric tons (1.7 short tons).2
?What did Wendiceratops eat?
Wendiceratops was a herbivore, eating low-lying plants. It cropped them with a parrot-like beak and sliced them with leaf-shaped teeth.3
?Why did Wendiceratops have a nose horn?
The tall nose horn was likely used for display or defense, but scientists aren't sure exactly. It evolved separately from the nose horns of later horned dinosaurs like Triceratops.3
?When did Wendiceratops live?
Wendiceratops lived about 78 to 79 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.3
Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Wendiceratops had a long nose horn like a rhino.
Nnete: Wendiceratops had an upright nasal horn, but its exact shape is unknown because the nasal bone is incomplete.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Wendiceratops
- E rehilwe ke
- Evans and Ryan 20154
- Sehlopha
- Didinosaure tse dinaka
- Lelapa / leloko
- Ceratopsidae4
- Tlhophiso
- Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae4
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 84 ho isa ho 72 (Campanian)4
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Oldman4
- Dinaha
- Kanada4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 ho The Paleobiology Database4
- Ho sibollwa
- Wendiceratops was named by paleontologists David Evans and Michael Ryan in 2015 based on fossils from a bonebed in Alberta, Canada. The bonebed was discovered by fossil hunter Wendy Sloboda, and the dinosaur was named in her honor.1
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists are not sure exactly how tall or curved the nose horn of Wendiceratops was, because the nasal bone is not completely preserved.1
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp ... (journals.plos.org)
- Wendiceratops (Wikipedia) (Wikipedia)
- Introducing Wendiceratops: A remarkable new horned dinosaur | Royal Ontario Museum (rom.on.ca)
- Wendiceratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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