Stenopelix
Field photograph to come
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
140 million years ago
To scale
How big was Stenopelix?
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