Pachycephalosaurus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Pachycephalosaurus
- Continent
- North America
- Group
- Dome-headed dinosaur
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- Medium (3–9 m)
- Moves
- On two legs
- Feature
- Spikes
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its name means thick-headed lizard, and the bony dome on its skull was up to about 25 centimetres thick.
- Scientists still argue whether it butted heads like rams or used its dome mainly for show.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q14455 · All prehistoric life · All entries