Menefeeceratops sealeyi Menefeeceratops
"Menefee Formation horned face"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Menefeeceratops 4.5 m (14.8 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 4.5 m (14.8 ft)
- Period
- Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
- Place
- United States · Mexico · New Mexico, USA
- Food
- Herbivore
Menefeeceratops (meaning “Menefee Formation horned face”) is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Menefee Formation in New Mexico, United States. It is potentially the oldest known member of the ceratopsids, as well as the centrosaurine subfamily, related to animals including Yehuecauhceratops and Crittendenceratops. The type and only species is Menefeeceratops sealeyi, known from a partial, non-articulated skeleton.
What we know
- Named by Dalman et al., 2021.
- Body length estimated at about 4.5 m.
- Fossils found in United States and Mexico.