Genus
Valid Extinct

Platytholus

Horner et al. 2023

Platytholus is an extinct genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation of the United States. The genus contains a single species, P. clemensi, known from a partial skull.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Platytholus
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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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Platytholus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Hell Creek
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Platytholus clemensi 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. R. Horner, M. B. Goodwin, and D. C. Evans. 2023. A new pachycephalosaurid from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(4):e2190369:1-14 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. R. Horner, M. B. Goodwin, and D. C. Evans. 2023. A new pachycephalosaurid from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(4):e2190369:1-14 DOI ↗