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Taxa Pachycephalosaurinae

Montage of four pachycephalosaurs. Clockwise from top left: Stegoceras, Prenocephale, Pachycephalosaurus and Homalocephale. These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Pachycephalosauria on Wikipedia. File:Stegoceras mount.jpg File:Dinosauria - Prenocephale.jpg File:Fossil Pachycephalosaurus.jpg File:Homalocephale skull.jpg

fossil Dinosauria Domocephalinae Goyocephalia +10

Taxa Pachycephalosaurini

fossil Dinosauria Domocephalinae Goyocephalia +10

Taxa Domocephalinae

fossil Dinosauria Domocephalinae Goyocephalia +10

Taxa Pachycephalosauroidea

fossil Dinosauria Domocephalinae Goyocephalia +10

Taxa Goyocephalia

fossil Dinosauria Domocephalinae Goyocephalia +10

Taxa Homalocephaloidea

fossil Dinosauria Domocephalinae Goyocephalia +10

Taxa Aponyctosauria

Skull of Pteranodon sp. (specimen AMNH 7515) in the American Museum of Natural History.

museum specimen Aponyctosauria Pteranodon +2

Taxa Ornithocheiroidea

Several members of Pterodactyloidea (top to bottom): Pteranodon, Pterodaustro, the skulls of several pterosaurs (Guidraco, Anhanguera, Tupandactylus, and an unnamed dsungaripterid), Quetzalcoatlus, Aerodactylus, and Coloborhynchus

Aerodactylus Anhanguera Coloborhynchus Dsungaripteridae +13

Taxa Lophocratia

Aerodactylus Anhanguera Coloborhynchus Dsungaripteridae +13

Taxa Tapejaroidea

Aerodactylus Anhanguera Coloborhynchus Dsungaripteridae +13

Taxa Dsungaripteroidea

Aerodactylus Anhanguera Coloborhynchus Dsungaripteridae +13

Taxa Eupterodactyloidea

Aerodactylus Anhanguera Coloborhynchus Dsungaripteridae +13

Main skull block of Bentiabasaurus jacobsi holotype (MGUAN P183D) on temporary display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

museum holotype Bentiabasaurus skull

Composite of the holotype (GM F10004) skull of Qianzhousaurus sinensis, lower jaw mirrowed. With authorization and permission by Dr. Stephen L. Brusatte.

holotype Qianzhousaurus skull

Skull of Minotaurasaurus

Minotaurasaurus skull

Holotype skull of Thalattoarchon saurophagis at the Field Museum of Natural History.

museum holotype Thalattoarchon skull

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Scientists thought the Denisovans were impossible to find: this spectacular discovery now changes everything

bone DNA China discovery Homo sapiens human origin skull

For fifteen years, the Denisovans had neither face nor outline. Just DNA extracted from a piece of Siberian bone the size of a fingernail. In 2025, an exceptional skull discovered in China changed everything. Homo longi, nicknamed the Dragon Man, finally gives a face to this phantom human group.

06/06/2026 futura-terre ⚙ Auto-translated

This prehistoric fish may explain how animals first walked on Earth

Antarctica skull

Scientists have peered inside the skull of a 380-million-year-old Antarctic fish that was closely related to the first animals to walk on land, revealing surprising clues about how life began its move out of the water. Using advanced neutron imaging, researchers discovered that Koharalepis jarviki had features suited for living near the water’s surface, including openings in its skull that may have helped it gulp air and a light-sensitive organ linked to day-night rhythms.

25/05/2026 sciencedaily-paleo

T. rex’s tiny arms may have evolved for a surprisingly brutal reason

jaw limb hunting predator prey Dinosauria skull

Why did T. rex have such tiny arms? Scientists now think it’s because its giant head became the ultimate hunting tool. Across multiple dinosaur groups, stronger skulls and crushing jaws evolved alongside shrinking forelimbs, especially in predators hunting enormous prey. In other words, once the bite became deadly enough, the arms may have stopped mattering.

20/05/2026 sciencedaily

Stunning 150-million-year-old stegosaur skull rewrites dinosaur evolution

fossil Dacentrurus Dinosauria Stegosauria discovery evolution skull

A spectacular dinosaur discovery in Spain is giving scientists a rare new look inside the world of stegosaurs. Paleontologists uncovered the best-preserved stegosaur skull ever found in Europe, belonging to the iconic plated dinosaur Dacentrurus armatus, which roamed Earth around 150 million years ago. Because stegosaur skulls are extremely fragile and almost never survive intact, the fossil is helping researchers uncover previously unknown details about how these armored giants evolved.

17/05/2026 sciencedaily

New Triassic Carnivorous Dinosaur Identified from Ghost Ranch

United States Late Triassic Triassic fossil specimen Coelophysis Dinosauria Ptychotherates new species skull

Researchers from Virginia Tech (Virginia, USA) have identified a new species of Late Triassic dinosaur. The dinosaur has been named Ptychotherates bucculentus. This new carnivorous dinosaur taxon has been erected based on the detailed examination of an incomplete, well-preserved but jumbled up skull fossil (specimen number CM 31368). The skull comes from the world-famous Coelophysis

11/05/2026 everythingdinosaur

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