Terminocavus sealeyi Terminocavus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Terminocavus 6 m (19.7 ft) long
4 people holding hands
- Length
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (75–74.6 Mya)
- Place
- North America · Mexico · New Mexico, USA
- Food
- Herbivore
Terminocavus is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America. The genus contains a single species, the type species Terminocavus sealeyi, known from a parietal and some other associated fragments. The holotype specimen was discovered in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico in 1997, and was later described and named in a 2020 study. It was similar in anatomy to Pentaceratops and Anchiceratops, which it was closely related to, but had a distinctive heart-shaped upper frill with very narrow notch. It has been hypothesized to form an anagenetic series with several other chasmosaur species.
What we know
- Named by Fowler & Freedman Fowler, 2020.
- Fossils found in North America and Mexico.