Menefeeceratops

Menefee horned face

• Menefee · English (place name) · the Menefee Formation, New Mexico
• keras · Greek · horn
• ops · Greek · face

The name combines "Menefee", the Menefee Formation in New Mexico where the fossils were found, with the Greek words for "horn" and "face", a common ending for horned ceratopsian dinosaurs. It literally refers to the "horned face from the Menefee". The only named species, M. sealeyi, honours Paul Sealey, a volunteer who helped find the fossils.

Named by

Dalman et al.

Year named

2021

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Santonian

Found in

Menefee Formation, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA

A ceratopsian (horned dinosaur) known from partial skeletal remains, including skull fragments. It is one of the earliest known ceratopsids, or close to that group, from the southwestern US. Its exact position within Ceratopsia is debated.