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Pachycephalosaurus

Pachycephalosaurus (/ˌpækɪˌsɛfələˈsɔːrəs/) is a genus of pachycephalosaurid ornithischian dinosaur. The type species, P. wyomingensis, is the only known definitive species. The possibly synonymous taxon, Stygimoloch, might represent a distinct genus or a second species, P. spinifer. It lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period in…

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related to Tylosteus ornatus and early discoveries · 34
Pachycephalosaurus → Academy, American, ANSP, Baird, Black Foot Country, Blackfoot, Charles Whitney Gilmore, Cretaceous, Donald Baird, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Hayden, Hell Creek Formations, Horner, Jefferson, John, Joseph Leidy, Lance, Leidy, Leidy's, Madison Rivers
related to Paleoecology · 28
Pachycephalosaurus → Acheroraptor, Ankylosaurus, Anzu, Dakotaraptor, Denversaurus, Edmontonia, Edmontosaurus, Hell Creek Formation, Lance Formation, Leptoceratops, Leptorhynchos, Nanotyrannus, Nearly, Nedoceratops, Ornithomimus, Other, Parasaurolophus, Paronychodon, Pectinodon, Richardoestesia
related to Troodon wyomingensis · 27
Pachycephalosaurus → Accordingly, Alberta Gilmore, American, As, At, Belly River Group, Buck Creek, Charles, George Fryer Sternberg, Gilmore, He, In, Judith River Formation, Lance Formation, Leidy, Montana, Niobrara County, Previously, Stegoceras, Sternberg
related to Growth · 26
Pachycephalosaurus → Aside, At, Cretaceous, David Evans, Dracorex, Due, Goodwin, Goyocephale, Hell Creek Formation, Hogwarts, Homalocephale, Horner, However, In, Jack Horner, Mark Goodwin, Moloch, Montana State University, Nick Longrich, Society
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Pachycephalosaurus → Alaskacephale, Asia, Dracorex, Goyocephale, Homalocephale, Late Cretaceous, Marginocephalia, North America, Pachycephalosauria, Pachycephalosaurini, Pachycephalosaurs, Prenocephale, Sphaerotholus, Stegoceras, Stenopelix, Stygimoloch, The, Tylocephale, Wannanosaurus, Within
related to External links · 8
Pachycephalosaurus → Data, Dinodictionary Archived May, Jack Horner, National Geographic OnlineTEDx, Wayback MachinePachycephalosaurus, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
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Pachycephalosaurus → largest-known pachycephalosaur, most famous member of Pachycephalosauria
related to history · 1
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species stygimoloch wyomingensis skull genus also dracorex formation known troodon tylosteus would lance bone pachycephalosaurids spinifer specimen head teeth may

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Pachycephalosaurusrelated to Classification and speciesLate Cretaceous0.60section
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Pachycephalosaurusrelated to Classification and speciesWannanosaurus0.60section
Pachycephalosaurusrelated to Classification and speciesGoyocephale0.60section

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