Pachycephalosaurus
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Pachycephalosaurus was a genus of dinosaur which lived during the last five million years of the Upper Cretaceous. It lived in what is now North America.[2]
Pachycephalosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian),
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Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Pachycephalosaurus |
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†Troodon wyomingensis Gilmore, 1931
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This member of the Pachycephalosaurid family is known from a single skull and a few thick skull roofs. From this it is estimated that its length was about 4.5 to 5 metres long (about 15 feet).
Pachycephalosaurus was a herbivore. It lived on a mixed diet of leaves, seeds, and fruit. The sharp, serrated teeth would have been very effective for shredding plants.[3]
Pachycephalosaurus Media
Casts of three skulls, representing possible growth stages, Museum of the Rockies
References
- ↑ Giffin, Emily B.; Gabriel, Diane L.; Johnson, Rolf E. (22 January 1988). "A New Pachycephalosaurid Hell Creek Formation of Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 7 (4): 398–407. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011672. JSTOR 4523163. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ↑ Giffin, Emily B; Gabriel, Diane L; Johnson Rolf E. 1988. A new Pachycephalosaurid: Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 7 (4): 398–407.
- ↑ The dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-520-94143-4. OCLC 801843269.