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 tshetse leng?
E ne e le kgolo go le kae?
E ne e le telele go le kae?
E ne e le bokete go le kae?
telele jaaka dintšwa di le 2.5 go tswa kwa nkong go ya kwa mogatleng🍌telele jaaka dibanana di le 14 di latelana
bokete jaaka dikatse tsa mo gae di le 10🍉bokete jaaka magapu a le 8🧸bokete jaaka bana ba kreše ba le 2🎒bokete jaaka bana ba sekolo ba le 1🏃e ne e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 mo metsotswaneng e le 9.2 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)Stegoceras 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
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 di botswang thata ka ga 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
Mothubi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: Many people think Stegoceras used its dome only for head-butting like a battering ram.
Boammaaruri: Scientists debate whether the dome was used for head-butting, flank-butting, or just for display to attract mates.1
Ya baitseanape ba didino
- Leina la saense
- Stegoceras
- Leina le neilwe ke
- Lambe 19024
- Setlhopha
- Ditlhogo-dikgolokwe
- Lelapa / clade
- Eupachycephalosauria4
- Thulaganyo
- Ornithischia > Pachycephalosauria4
- Bogolo jwa matlapa
- 84 go ya go 66 dimilione tsa dingwaga (Campanian / Maastrichtian)4
- Dibopego tsa matlapa
- Judith River, Dinosaur Park, Fruitland4
- Dinaga
- Amerika, Khanata4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 46 mo The Paleobiology Database4
- E itsiwe gape e le
- Gravitholus, Hanssuessia, Ornatotholus (maina a bogologolo jaanong a balwa jaaka phologolo e le nngwe)4
- Go fitlhelwa
- Stegoceras was named by paleontologist Lawrence Lambe in 1902, based on partial skull domes found in Alberta, Canada, in 1898 and 1901.1
- Go sa ntse go ganetsanwa
- Scientists are still unsure whether the species Stegoceras novomexicanum from New Mexico really belongs to Stegoceras or to a different dinosaur.1
Kwa 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): dingwaga, mafelo, dibopego tsa matlapa, thulaganyo.
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