Dinosaurs · Ceratopsian

Stenopelix

Say it ste-nop-e-liks. The name means ‘narrow pelvis’.

Stenopelix beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of ceratopsians

Length: 1.5 m
Diet: Plant-eater
When: Early Cretaceous127 to 121 million years ago
Fossils found in: Germany
Named by: Meyer (1857)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Neornithischia › Cerapoda › Marginocephalia › Pachycephalosauria

Where Stenopelix sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Ceratopsians. Horned and frilled plant-eaters, such as Triceratops. See all 29

Lived at the same time

Other ceratopsians

Liaoceratops Early Cretaceous
Archaeoceratops Early Cretaceous
Psittacosaurus Early Cretaceous
Aquilops Early Cretaceous
Chaoyangsaurus Late Jurassic
Graciliceratops Late Cretaceous
Yinlong Mid Jurassic
Zuniceratops Late Cretaceous

Source: Stenopelix in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.