In Depth
Fossils of this dinosaur were first noted and described in 1997, but it was not until 2021 until a new description portraying them as a distinct genus was published. Menefeeceratops is a genus of ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. Menefeeceratops is thought to represent one of the oldest known centrosaurine ceratopsians.
Further reading
- A new Late Cretaceous (early Campanian) vertebrate fauna from the Allison Member, Menefee Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico - T. E. Williamson - 1997.
– 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 - Sebastian G. Dalman, Spencer G. Lucas, Steven E. Jasinski, Asher J. Lichtig & Peter Dodson - 2021.
