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 | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Ornithischia |
Family: | Pachycephalosauridae |
Genus: | Alaskacephale Sullivan, 2006 |
Species: | A. gangloffi
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Binomial name | |
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 (2006). "A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)" (PDF). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin (35): 347–365. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
- ↑ Gangloff, R.A.; A.R. Fiorillo; D.W. Norton (2005). "The first pachycephalosaurine (Dinosauria) from the Paleo-Arctic of Alaska and its paleogeographic implications". Journal of Paleontology. 79 (5): 997–1001. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[0997:tfpdft]2.0.co;2. S2CID 130669713.