Goyocephale
Goyocephale lattimorei
Goyocephale is an extinct genus of pachycephalosaurian ornithischian that lived in Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous about 76 million years ago. It was first described in 1982 by Altangerel Perle, Teresa Maryańska and Halszka Osmólska for a disarticulated skeleton with most of a skull, part of the forelimb and hindlimb, some of the pelvic girdle, and some vertebrae. Perle et al. named the remains Goyocephale lattimorei, from the Mongolian гоё (goyo), meaning "decorated", and the Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephale), for head. The species name honours Owen Lattimore.
- Family
- Homalocephalidae
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (80.0–75.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Weight
- 30–50 kg
- Type locality
- Alagteeg Formation, Mongolia
- Holotype
- GIN 100/1501
- PBDB
- txn:38794