Terminocavus

Say it like this: “ter-mih-no-KAY-vus”

Terminocavus sealeyi

Terminocavus 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: 2020 · Fowler, D. W.; Freedman Fowler, E. A.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 6 m · 20 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: the United States · Kirtland
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
Family branch: Chasmosaurinae

The story in short

In 2020, D. W. Fowler and E. A. Freedman Fowler published the name Terminocavus. The name means “coming to the end of the cavity.”

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

Published estimates put Terminocavus at a length near 6 m.

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

Close relatives

Agujaceratops

Agujaceratops mariscalensis

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

Anchiceratops

Anchiceratops ornatus

Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago

Arrhinoceratops

Arrhinoceratops brachyops

Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago