Alaskacephale
Alaskacephale is a pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous (around 80 to 69 million years ago).
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Ornithischia |
| Family: | Pachycephalosauridae |
| Genus: | Alaskacephale Sullivan, 2006 |
| Species: | A. gangloffi
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| Alaskacephale gangloffi Sullivan, 2006
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Alaskacephale was named by Robert Sullivan in 2006.[1] Alaskacephale was about half the size of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis and three quarters the size of Prenocephale, and about the same size as Sphaerotholus and Foraminacephale.[2]
Alaskacephale Media
Life restoration of the close relative Pachycephalosaurus
A herd of Pachyrhinosaurus resting next to contemporaneous paleofauna from the Prince Creek Formation
References
- ↑ Sullivan, RM. A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin (35) (2006). p. 347–365. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Gangloff, R.A.. The first pachycephalosaurine (Dinosauria) from the Paleo-Arctic of Alaska and its paleogeographic implications.. Journal of Paleontology 79 (5) (2005). p. 997–1001. doi:[0997:tfpdft2.0.co;2 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[0997:tfpdft]2.0.co;2].