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Micropachycephalosaurus (meaning "small thick-headed lizard") is an extinct genus of basal marginocephalian dinosaur containing only the type species, Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis. It lived in China during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) and was found in the Jiangjunding Formation. [1]
Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis was originally considered (Dong, 1978, Perle et al., 1982, Sues and Galton, 1987) to represent a member of Homalocephalidae, a family of ‘flat-headed’ pachycephalosaurs, also comprising Homalocephale, Goyocephale and Wannanosaurus.
Taxonomy: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Pachycephalosauria. Named by: Dong (1978) Type species: hongtuyanensis. Explore Micropachycephalosaurus, a plant-eating ceratopsian dinosaur in the Dino Directory.
Micropachycephalosaurus is a genus of small herbivorous dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous period, about 70 million years ago. Its name means “small thick-headed lizard,” and it is a member of the Pachycephalosauria group, which includes other thick-skulled dinosaurs.
Butler, R. J. & Zhao, Q. The small bodied ornithischian dinosaur Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis and Wannanosaurus yansiensis from the Late Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Res. 30, 63–77...
Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis gen. et sp. nov. Species diagnosis: A small member of the Pachycephalosauria with an approximate length of 50-60 cm, parietal-squamosal crest is thickly inflated but relatively flat and undomed, the
The type material of the small-bodied ornithischian dinosaurs Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis and Wannanosaurus yansiensis from the Late Cretaceous of China is reviewed.
From the genus Micropachycephalosaurus. Represented only by the species Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis. The significance of the name of the specimen is something like “small lizard with a wide head”.
Dinosaur Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis : scientific and paleontological classification, description, dimensions, length, weight, speed, temporal range, species, fossils, references.
Subtaxa: Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis. View classification. Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore. Fossilworks hosts query, analysis, and download functions used to access large paleontological data sets.