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Zavacephale: Beast of the Week
21 September 2025 EN prehistoricbeastoftheweek

Zavacephale: Beast of the Week

Mongolia Cretaceous Early Cretaceous specimen Zavacephale

 This week we'll be looking at a newly described little dinosaur that greatly expands our knowledge on one of the most unusual kinds of dinosaurs, the pachycephalosaurs.  Welcome Zavacephale rinpoche!Zavacephale lived in what is now Mongolia during the early Cretaceous period, between 119 and 110 million years ago.  From snout to tail the specimen found would have only been about three feet (1 meter) in length, but it likely would have been able to grow larger.  The genus name, Zavacephale, tran

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