Named By: | Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1857 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 127 Ma |
Location: | Germany |
Size: | Estimated at up to 1.5 meters long |
Diet: | Presumed a herbivore due to its ceratopsian lineage |
Fossil(s): | Partial skeleton but no skull |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithoschia | Marginocephalia | Ceratopsia | |
Stenopelix (meaning "narrow pelvis") is a genus of small ornithischian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Germany. It was perhaps a basal ceratopsian from the Barremian Stage of the Cretaceous period, sometime between 130 and 125 million years ago. The genus is based on a partial skeleton lacking the skull, and its classification is based on characteristics of the hips.