Homalocephale

Homalocephale calathocercos

Homalocephale — scientific reconstruction

Homalocephale (from Greek ὁμαλός, homalos, "even", and κεφαλή, kephalē, "head") is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period of what is now the Nemegt Formation, Mongolia. The genus was described in 1974 by Halszka Osmólska and Teresa Maryańska, and consists of a single species, H. calathocercos. Though Homalocephale has been regarded as a synonym (and juvenile form) of Prenocephale, juvenile specimens of the latter indicate that they were distinct. Homalocephale was 1.8 m (5.9 ft) long and possibly an omnivore.

Family
Homalocephalidae
Order
Ornithischia
Period
Cretaceous (80.0–75.0 Ma)
Diet
Herbivore
Length
1.5 m
Weight
10–20 kg
Type locality
Djadochta Formation, Mongolia
Holotype
ZPAL MgD-I/105
PBDB
txn:38795

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