Genus
Valid Extinct

Foraminacephale

Schott and Evans 2017

Foraminacephale is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from Late Cretaceous deposits of Canada.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Foraminacephale
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Foraminacephale brevis (formerly Stegoceras and Prenocephale) type specimen CMN 1423. © Hatcher, J. B. (John Bell), 1861-1904, Lull, Richard Swann, 1867-1957, Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899, Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935, Biodiversity Heritage Library · Public domain · Wikimedia
Foraminacephale
Foraminacephale
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Pachycephalosauria Suborder
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Pachycephalosauridae Family
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Pachycephalosaurinae Subfamily
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Foraminacephale Genus
Measurements
Length
1,45 m ⓘ
Foraminacephale brevis
1,5 m ⓘ
Mass
16 kg ⓘ
Foraminacephale brevis
10 kg ⓘ
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
5
Geological formations
Dinosaur Park
2
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
5
Species (1)
Foraminacephale brevis 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
R. L. Schott and D. C. Evans. 2017. Cranial variation and systematics of Foraminacephale brevis gen. nov. and the diversity of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Cerapoda) in the Belly River Group of Alberta, Canada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Sociietty 179(4):865-906 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
L. M. Lambe. 1918. The Cretaceous genus Stegoceras typifying a new family referred provisionally to the Stegosauria. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 12:23-36