Genre
Valide Éteint

Pachycephalosaurus

Brown and Schlaikjer 1943

Pachycephalosaurus, en français pachycéphalosaure, est un genre fossile de dinosaures ornithischiens herbivores de la famille des pachycephalosauridés. Il a vécu en Amérique du Nord à la fin du Crétacé supérieur, au cours du Maastrichtien supérieur, soit il y a environ entre 69 et 66 Ma. Ce genre est représenté par une seule espèce fossile Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis, décrite par Brown et Schlaikjer en 1943.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
34
Groupe
Dinosaures
Herbivore Vivant au sol, grégaire Terrestre
Pachycephalosaurus
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Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis "Sandy" specimen, Royal Ontario Museum © IJReid · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia

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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Clade non classé
Ornithischia Clade non classé
Neornithischia Clade non classé
Pyrodontia Clade non classé
Cerapoda Clade non classé
Marginocephalia Clade non classé
Pachycephalosauria Sous-ordre
Eupachycephalosauria Clade non classé
Pachycephalosaurus Genre
Sites de découverte 34 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇺🇸 États-Unis
32
🇨🇦 Canada
2
Formations géologiques
Lance
9
Ferris
3
Denver
1
Scollard
1
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien (72.2–66 Ma)
33
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Espèces (7)
Dracorex hogwartsia subjective synonym of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis 84 Ma
Pachycephalosaurus grangeri subjective synonym of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis 84 Ma
Pachycephalosaurus reinheimeri subjective synonym of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis 84 Ma
Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis 84 Ma
Stenotholus kohleri subjective synonym of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis 84 Ma
Stygimoloch spinifer subjective synonym of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis 84 Ma
Tylosteus ornatus subjective synonym of Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis 84 Ma
Synonymes (4)
Dracorex subjective synonym of Pachycephalosaurus
Stenotholus subjective synonym of Pachycephalosaurus
Stygimoloch subjective synonym of Pachycephalosaurus
Tylosteus subjective synonym of Pachycephalosaurus
Bibliographie
Description originale
B. Brown and E. M. Schlaikjer. 1943. A study of the troödont dinosaurs with the description of a new genus and four new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 82(5):115-150
Bibliographie (19)
A. F. Wroblewski. 2024. Southernmost record of the pachycephalosaurine Stygimoloch spinifer and palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous North American dinosaurs. Lethaia 57(4):1–10 DOI ↗
W. W. Stein. 2021. The paleontology, geology and taphonomy of the Tooth Draw Deposit; Hell Creek Formation (Maastrictian), Butte County, South Dakota. The Journal of Paleontological Sciences JPS.C.21:0001:1-108
K. Snyder, M. McLain, and J. Wood, A. V. Chadwick. 2020. Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed help elucidate disarticulation and transport of an Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis. PLoS One 15(5):e0233182:1-31 DOI ↗
T. S. Kelly. 2014. Preliminary report on the mammals form Lane's Little Jaw Site Quarry: a latest Cretaceous (earliest Puercan?) local fauna, Hell Creek Formation, southeastern Montana. Paludicola 10(1):50-91
T. E. Williamson, T. D. Carr, and S. A. Williams, K. Tremaine. 2009. Early ontogeny of pachycephalosaurine squamosals as revealed by juvenile specimens from the Hell Creek Formation, eastern Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):291-294 DOI ↗
R. T. Bakker, R. M. Sullivan, and V. Porter, P. Larson, S. J. Saulsbury. 2006. Dracorex hogwartsia, n. gen., n. sp., a spiked, flat-headed pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:331-345
M. T. Carrano. 2005. Fossil Vertebrate Collections, University of California Museum of Paleontology
R. M. Sullivan. 2003. Revision of the dinosaur Stegoceras Lambe (Ornithischia, Pachycephalosauridae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):181-207 DOI ↗
J. A. Lillegraven and J. J. Eberle. 1999. Vertebrate faunal changes through Lancian and Puercan time in southern Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 73(4):691-710 DOI ↗
M. B. Goodwin, E. A. Buccholtz, and R. E. Johnson. 1998. Cranial anatomy and diagnosis of Stygimoloch spinifer (Ornithischia: Pachycephalosauria) with comments on cranial display structures in agonistic behavior. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):363-375 DOI ↗
M. B. Goodwin and R. E. Johnson. 1995. A new skull of the pachycephalosaur Stygimoloch casts doubt on head butting behavior. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3, suppl.):32A
E. B. Giffin. 1989. Notes on pachycephalosaurs (Ornithischia). Journal of Paleontology 63(4):525-529 DOI ↗
M. B. Goodwin. 1989. New occurrences of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3, suppl.):23A
E. B. Giffin, D. L. Gabriel, and R. E. Johnson. 1988. A new pachycephalosaurid skull (Ornithischia) from the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):398-407 DOI ↗
P. M. Galton and H.-D. Sues. 1983. New data on pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia) from North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 20(3):462-472 DOI ↗
W. P. Wall and P. M. Galton. 1979. Notes on pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Reptilia: Ornithischia) from North America, with comments on their status as ornithopods. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16:1176-1186 DOI ↗
B. Brown and E. M. Schlaikjer. 1943. A study of the troödont dinosaurs with the description of a new genus and four new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 82(5):115-150
C. W. Gilmore. 1931. A new species of troödont dinosaur from the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 79(9):1-6 DOI ↗
J. Leidy. 1872. Remarks on some extinct vertebrates. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 24(1):38-40