a centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous North America.
Pronunciation: MEN-uh-fee-SEH-ruh-tops
Meaning: Menefee horned face
Author/s: Dalman
et al. (
2021)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: New Mexico, USA
Acta Ordinal: #1045
Menefeeceratops sealeyi
(Seeley's Menefee Horned Face)Etymology
Menefeeceratops is derived from "Menefee" (for the Menefee formation in which it was found), and the Greek "ceras" (horned) and "-ops" (face).
The
species epithet,
sealeyi, honours discoverer Paul Sealey.
ZooBank registry:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7D2D366D-8A05-4DBB-8FDA-6E503612F4C3.
Discovery
The remains of
Menefeeceratops were discovered at NMMNH locality 3033 in the Allison Member of the Menefee Formation, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA, by Paul Sealey in 1996.
The
holotype (NMMNH P-25052) is a partial skull, one neck vertebra, eight back vertebrae, eleven ribs, a partial block of six fused hip veretebrae, one pelvic bone, a partial lower arm, a left thigh, part of a left calf, and a single foot bone.
• Williamson TE (1997) "A new Late Cretaceous (Early Campanian) vertebrate fauna from the Allison Member, Menefee Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico".
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 11: 51-59.
• Dalman SG, Lucas SG, Jasinski SE, Lichtig AJ and Dodson P (2021) "
The oldest centrosaurine: a new ceratopsid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae) from the Allison Member of the Menefee Formation (Upper Cretaceous, early Campanian), northwestern New Mexico, USA".
PalZ, 95 (2): 291–335. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-021-00555-w.
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