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Terminocavus

名字的意思： “coming to the end of the cavity, or last stop for the cavity”1

吃：植物角龍類白堊紀晚期

Terminocavus was a horned dinosaur that lived in New Mexico about 75 million years ago. Its frill had a very narrow notch, unlike its relatives. It looked a bit like a smaller cousin of Triceratops.3 1

生存年代

84 到 72 百萬年前3

白堊紀晚期

化石發現地

New Mexico, USA, in the Kirtland Formation3 1

最高速度

時速約 33 公里（21 英里）

跑步, 估計值

牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Terminocavus 時速約 33 公里 (21 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

Only one partial skeleton of Terminocavus has been found, including a heart-shaped frill and parts of the skull.1

The name Terminocavus means 'last stop for the cavity' because the notch in its frill was almost closed.1

It lived between about 75 and 73 million years ago, during the Campanian stage.3 1

The fossil was discovered by Paul Sealey in 1997 in New Mexico.1

Terminocavus is closely related to Pentaceratops and Anchiceratops.1

The frill of Terminocavus was flat and plate-like, not made of narrow bars like earlier relatives.1

Scientists think Terminocavus might be a step in an evolutionary line where the frill notch slowly closed over millions of years.1

Terminocavus 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Terminocavus 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Terminocavus 最常被問的問題

?How big was Terminocavus?

It was about the size of a smaller cousin of Triceratops. Its known remains are slightly smaller than those of Pentaceratops and Utahceratops, so it was a medium-sized ceratopsian.2

?What did Terminocavus eat?

It was a plant-eater, like other ceratopsian dinosaurs. It used its beak to clip leaves and stems.2

?When did Terminocavus live?

It lived about 75 to 73 million years ago, during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.2 1

?Where was Terminocavus found?

Its fossil was discovered in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, USA, in 1997 by Paul Sealey.2 3

給恐龍專家

學名: Terminocavus
命名者: Fowler and Freedman Fowler 20203
類群: 角龍類
科 / 演化支: Ceratopsidae3
分類: Ornithischia > Ceratopsia > Ceratopsidae3
岩石的年代: 84 到 72 百萬年 (Campanian)3
岩層: Kirtland3
國家: 美國3
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆3
發現: Terminocavus was named in 2020 by scientists Fowler and Freedman Fowler. The only known fossil, a partial skull, was found by Paul Sealey in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico in 1997.3 1
仍有爭議: Scientists debate whether Terminocavus is a separate species or part of a slow, ongoing change from Pentaceratops to Anchiceratops.1