Stenopelix

Field photograph to come

DV-0016Bückeberg Fm., Germany

Stenopelix

DV-0016 · type species Stenopelix valdensis

Lived
139 to 137 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 1.5 m (5 ft)
Group
Ceratopsians, Chaoyangsauridae
Found in
Germany
Named by
Meyer 1857

Field notes

About Stenopelix

Stenopelix was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 139 to 137 million years ago. It belongs to the family Chaoyangsauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Stenopelix, from Germany. Its fossils come from the Bückeberg Formation. It was named by Meyer in 1857.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

140 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Stenopelix?

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Stenopelix: about 1.5 m (5 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical ceratopsian shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Chaoyangsauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. v. Meyer. 1857. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss fossiler Reptilien [Contributions to the detailed knowledge of fossil reptiles]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1857:532-543