Stenopelix Meyer 1857 (ceratopsian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Chaoyangsauridae

Alternative spellings: Stenopelyx, Stenoplyx

Full reference: 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

Parent taxon: Chaoyangsauridae according to C. Yu et al. 2020

See also Buffetaut 1997, Butler et al. 2007, Butler and Sullivan 2009, Butler et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Cope 1869, Dodson 1990, Galton 1972, Han et al. 2012, Huene 1909, Huxley 1870, Kuhn 1964, Lull 1924, Mansel-Pleydell 1902, Maryanska et al. 2004, Maryańska and Osmólska 1974, Molnar 1980, Morschhauser et al. 2019, Nopcsa 1901, Nopcsa 1928, Norman 1997, Olshevsky and Ford 1994, Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2006, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Schmidt 1969, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Sereno 2000, Sues and Galton 1982, Sullivan 2006, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Thulborn 1974, von Zittel 1911, Wall and Galton 1979, Williamson and Carr 2003, Williamson and Carr 2006 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Chaoyangsaurus, Hualianceratops, Xuanhuaceratops, Xuanhuasaurus niei, Yinlong

Subtaxa: Stenopelix valdensis

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Type: Stenopelix valdensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Harrl quarry, Bückeburg (Cretaceous of Germany)

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