In Depth First named as a species of Stegoceras, Colepiocephale appears to have been a small genus of pachycephalosaur dinosaur that lived in Canada during the late Cretaceous. Unfortunately Colepiocephale is still only known from a partial skull dome, so the exact size of the living dinosaur is still unknown, but estimated to be around … Read more
Texacephale: Research Database Pachycephalosauria (Ornithischia) · Late Cretaceous (~80-75 MYA) · North America — USA, Texas (Agua Grande Formation) Research Note: Texacephale was a pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Texas — the only known pachycephalosaur from Texas and an important taxon for understanding pachycephalosaurid diversity in the Cretaceous of North America. … Read more
In Depth The first pachycepahlosaurid dinosaur known from Alaska, Alaskacephale is also one of the few dinosaurs known to have lived in the area that would become that state. Unfortunately not a lot is known about this dinosaur because of a current sever lack of remains, but the original describers believe that Alaskacephale may have … Read more
Troodon: Research Database Troodontidae (Theropoda) · Late Cretaceous (~77–66 MYA) · North America — USA, Canada (Hell Creek, Prince Creek Formations) Research Note: Troodon was a small troodontid theropod from the latest Cretaceous of North America, famous for its large eyes, intelligent brain, and hyperexpression of dinosaur name. As one of the few known … Read more
In Depth Goyocephale was a mid-sized genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that is known to have lived in what is now Mongolia during the Cretaceous. Goyocephale is noted for having a flat skull as opposed to a more ornate dome which is characteristic of other genera such as Pachycephalosaurus and Prenocephale. This could indicate that the … Read more