Platytholus

Platytholus

In Depth Platytholus was a dome-headed dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana, about 66 million years ago. It belonged to the pachycephalosaurids, a group of small, plant-eating ornithischians best known for their thick, rounded skull roofs. Unlike most of its relatives, Platytholus had a broad, flattened dome, which is what inspired … Read more

Sinocephale

In Depth        Sinocephale fossils originally started as being assigned as a species of Troodon‭ ‬back in‭ ‬1953‭ ‬when similarity between the teeth of Troodon and other pachycephalosaurs.‭ ‬When the pachycephalosaurs and troodonts were realised to be very different kinds of dinosaurs,‭ ‬material of Sinocephale was then associated with the pachycephalosaur Stegoceras in‭ ‬1964.‭ ‬The validity … Read more