Menefeeceratops

Menefeeceratops
Temporal range: Campanian,
82–81 Ma (conservative)[1]
↓
 83.5–80 Ma (maximum interval)[1]
Life reconstruction of M. sealeyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Neornithischia
Clade: †Ceratopsia
Family: †Ceratopsidae
Subfamily: †Centrosaurinae
Genus: †Menefeeceratops
Dalman et al., 2021
Type species
†Menefeeceratops sealeyi
Dalman et al., 2021

Menefeeceratops (meaning "Menefee Formation horned face") is a genus of ceratopsid dinosaur from the Menefee Formation in New Mexico, United States. It is potentially the oldest known member of the ceratopsids, as well as the centrosaurine subfamily, related to animals including Yehuecauhceratops and Crittendenceratops. The type and only species is Menefeeceratops sealeyi, known from a partial, non-articulated skeleton.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Dalman, Sebastian G.; Lucas, Spencer G.; Jasinki, Steven G.; Lichtig, Asher J.; Dodson, Peter (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. Bibcode:2021PalZ...95..291D. doi:10.1007/s12542-021-00555-w. S2CID 234351502.