Bisticeratops
Bisticeratops was a horned dinosaur that lived in what is now New Mexico, USA, about 74 million years ago. It had a big skull with a beak and horns on its face. It walked on four legs and ate plants.14
Yaphila nini?
Yayinkulu kangakanani?
Yayinde kangakanani?
Yayiphakame kangakanani?
uqikelelo
Yayinzima kangakanani?
inde njengezinja ezingama-7, impumlo ukuya emsileni๐inde njengeebhanana ezingama-38 zilandelelana
inzima njengezinja ezingama-170๐inzima njengamavatala angama-680๐inzima njengamagumbi okufundela apheleleyo abantwana angama-4๐ปโโ๏ธinzima njengeebhere ezimhlophe ezingama-8๐ibinokubaleka iimitha ezili-100 ngemizuzwana engama-12 (oyena mntu ukhawulezayo udinga i-9,6)Bisticeratops wayemkhulu kangakanani xa ethelekiswa NAWE?
Yimathematika nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwe naphi na.
Yayikhawuleza kangakanani?
Iinyani ezimnandi
The name Bisticeratops comes from the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness where its skull was found.1
Its species name, froeseorum, honors Edgar Froese and his son Jerome, musicians from the band Tangerine Dream.1
The only known fossil is a nearly complete skull, about 175 cm long.2
Bisticeratops lived about 74 million years ago, which is 2 million years later than its relative Pentaceratops.12
Scientists first thought the skull belonged to Pentaceratops, but later realized it was a new dinosaur.1
Bisticeratops had a stepped margin on its snout, which is a unique feature not seen in other horned dinosaurs.2

Eyona mibuzo ibuzwa kakhulu: Bisticeratops
?How big was Bisticeratops?
It is known only from a partial skull that is 175 cm (about 5.7 feet) long. The full body size is not known for sure.1
?What did Bisticeratops eat?
It ate plants. It had a beak and teeth for chewing tough plant material.1
?Was Bisticeratops a dinosaur?
Yes, Bisticeratops was a horned dinosaur, specifically a chasmosaurine ceratopsian.1
?Why is it called Bisticeratops?
The name means 'Bisti horned face' after the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in New Mexico where its skull was found.1
Kwiingcali zeedayinaso
- Igama lenzululwazi
- Bisticeratops
- Inikwe igama ngu:
- Dalman et al. 20224
- Iqela
- Iidayinaso ezineempondo
- Usapho / iclade
- Ceratopsidae4
- Ukuhlelwa
- Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae4
- Ubudala bamatye
- 84 ukuya ku-72 izigidi zeminyaka (Campanian)4
- Izakhiwo zamatye
- Kirtland4
- Amazwe
- iUSA4
- Iirekhodi zeefosili
- 1 kwi-Paleobiology Database4
- Ukufunyanwa
- The skull was found in 1975 by a University of Arizona field party in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico. It was named Bisticeratops froeseorum by Dalman and colleagues in 2022.12
- Kusaxoxwa ngayo
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Bisticeratops is related to other horned dinosaurs like Pentaceratops and Triceratops.2
Apho iinyani zivela khona
- Bisticeratops (en.wikipedia.org)
- A new chasmosaurine ceratopsid from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Farmington Member of the Kirtland Formation, New Mexico (researchgate.net)
- Bisticeratops froeseorum | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Bisticeratops in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): ubudala, iindawo, izakhiwo zamatye, ukuhlelwa.
Yonke inyani ekweli phepha inenombolo ebonisa umthombo wayo. Ukuba siphosisile, uxolo, sithanda iidayinaso, asiyojenali yenzululwazi. Sixelele apha: [email protected], siya kuyilungisa.
URex ulambile! I-Dino Wiki yiprojekthi katata ukwenzela unyana wakhe othanda iidayinaso, isimahla, ayinazintengiso, ayinazilandeli. Abantu abadala banokuphakela uRex isidlwana ukuze incede ihlale kwi-intanethi.Phakela uRex