Sinocephale

Description

Source: Wikipédia

Sinocephale (meaning "Chinese head") is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that lived in Inner Mongolia, China during the Cretaceous period. The only species, Sinocephale bexelli, was originally named as a species of the genus Troodon in 1953, and later transferred to the genus Stegoceras. After decades of being considered dubious, it was re-evaluated in 2021 and recognized as a valid taxon, being given a unique generic name. The original holotype was lost, with modern research conducted using rediscovered plaster casts. Scant material makes for limited knowledge of its life appearance, but it is distinguished by an embayment on the back of the domed skull, which would give it a heart shape as seen from above. It is potentially the oldest known pachycephalosaurid and falls within the subset of the family called Pachycephalosaurinae, related to animals such as Pachycephalosaurus and Prenocephale. The geologic context of the species has been historically unclear but it is currently thought to originate in rocks belonging to the Ulansuhai Formation.

Information(s)

Source: The Paleobiology Database

• Attibution: Evans et al. 2021⁷⁸⁵⁷⁹
• Statut: Valide
• Nom commun:
• Longueur (en m):  10 to < 100
• Largeur (en m):  1.0 to < 10
• Hauteur (en m):  1.0 to < 10
• Poids (en m): de à
• Environnement de découverte: terrestrial
• Mode de vie: terrestrial
• Mode de locomotion: actively mobile
• Vision: ?
• Alimentation: herbivore
• Mode de reprodution: oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile
• Classification: Pachycephalosauridae >> Pachycephalosauria >> Marginocephalia >> Cerapoda >> Genasauria >> Ornithischia >> Dinosauria
• Période: Campanian - Maastrichtian (de -83.60 Ma à -66.00 Ma)
• Espèce(s):
  • Sinocephale bexelli (Valide)¹³⁵⁵³
• Specimen(s):

  Pas de spécimen dans la base de donnée.

• Autre(s) Taxon(s) trouvés dans la litterature:
  • Troodon bexelli n. recombined as Sinocephale bexelli
• Découverte(s): 1 occcurrences
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  • Chine
    • Nei Mongol
      • ?
        • Formation Ulansuhai
          • Sinocephale bexelli identifié comme Troodon bexelli n. sp.: ? ⁷⁸⁵⁷⁹
• Historique des modifications:

Pas de modification récente.