Menefeeceratops

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Menefeeceratops sealeyi

Menefeeceratops ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Named in: 2021 · Dalman, S. G.; Lucas, S. G.; Jasinski, S. E.; Lichtig, A. J.; Dodson, P.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 4–4.5 m · 13–15 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: the United States · Menefee
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Centrosaurinae

The story in short

The genus Menefeeceratops dates to 2021, the year S. G. Dalman and colleagues described it. The name means “menefee Formation horned face.”

Fossils referred to Menefeeceratops date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Menefee Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Menefeeceratops at a length near 4–4.5 m.

On the family tree it sits in Centrosaurinae, among the horned dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Achelousaurus

Achelousaurus horneri

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Albertaceratops

Albertaceratops nesmoi

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Avaceratops

Avaceratops lammersi

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago