Ornatops
Ornatops was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico, USA, about 78 million years ago. It had a fancy, bumpy skull that may have supported a small crest. This plant-eater is the first crested brachylophosaurin found in the southern part of its range.12
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E ne e le kgolo go le kae?
E ne e le telele go le kae?
E ne e le kwa godimo go le kae?
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E ne e le bokete go le kae?
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bokete jaaka dintšwa di le 200🍉bokete jaaka magapu a le 800🎒bokete jaaka diphaposiborutelo tse di tletseng bana di le 5🐻❄️bokete jaaka dibere tse ditshweu di le 9🏃e ne e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 mo metsotswaneng e le 16 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)Ornatops e ne e le kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sebatling sa gago. Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E ne e le bonako go le kae?
Dintlha tse di monate
Ornatops was discovered in 2018 by staff and volunteers from the Western Science Center, Zuni Dinosaur Institute for Geosciences, and Southwest Paleontological Society.1
Its scientific name Ornatops incantatus means 'ornate face' and 'enchanted', a nod to New Mexico's nickname 'Land of Enchantment'.1
The holotype skull has a unique pair of bumps on the nasofrontal suture, suggesting it had a small crest in life.12
Ornatops is the southernmost brachylophosaurin dinosaur ever found, showing these duck-billed dinosaurs were widespread across North America.2
The fossil includes a well-preserved skull, parts of the backbone, ribs, shoulder blade, arm bones, and hip bones.1
Scientists think Ornatops was an intermediate species between Probrachylophosaurus and Brachylophosaurus.1

Dipotso tse di botswang thata ka ga Ornatops
?What did Ornatops eat?
Ornatops was a plant-eater, like other duck-billed dinosaurs. It likely ate tough plants with its wide beak and many cheek teeth.1
?How big was Ornatops?
Scientists do not know the exact size yet because the paper describing it only studied the skull. A future study of the rest of the skeleton will give more details.1
?When did Ornatops live?
Ornatops lived about 78 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Ornatops
- Leina le neilwe ke
- McDonald et al. 20214
- Setlhopha
- Melomo-pidipidi
- Lelapa / clade
- Hadrosauridae4
- Thulaganyo
- Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae4
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 84 go ya go 72 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Campanian)4
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Menefee4
- Dinaga
- Amerika4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 mo The Paleobiology Database4
- Go fitlhelwa
- Ornatops was discovered in 2018 in the Menefee Formation of New Mexico by a team from the Western Science Center, Zuni Dinosaur Institute for Geosciences, and Southwest Paleontological Society. It was named Ornatops incantatus in 2021 by McDonald and colleagues.12
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are not sure about the exact size and proportions of Ornatops because the original description focused only on the skull. A future study of the rest of the skeleton is planned.1
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- Ornatops (en.wikipedia.org)
- A new brachylophosaurin (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico - PMC (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- Ornatops incantatus | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Ornatops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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