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horned dinosaur
Stenopelix
Say it like this: “ste-NOP-e-liks”
Stenopelix valdensis
Stenopelix ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Germany.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian) · roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 1857 · Meyer, H. V.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.4 m · 5 ft
- Weight
- 10 kg · 22 lb
- Found in
- Germany · Bückeberg
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Chaoyangsauridae
The story in short
In 1857, H. V. Meyer published the name Stenopelix. The name means “narrow pelvis.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian), roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago. Finds come from Germany, including the Bückeberg Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Stenopelix at a length near 1.4 m and a body mass around 10 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Chaoyangsauridae, among the horned dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Chaoyangsaurus
Chaoyangsaurus youngi
Late Jurassic · Early Cretaceous (Tithonian · Berriasian) · roughly 149.2 to 137.1 million years ago
Hualianceratops
Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis
Middle Jurassic · Late Jurassic (Callovian · Oxfordian) · roughly 165.3 to 154.8 million years ago
Xuanhuaceratops
Xuanhuaceratops niei
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago