Cretaceous
Texacephale
Texacephale langstoni
The catalogue presents Texacephale as a herbivore member of Pachycephalosauridae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 80.0–77.0 Ma. Its estimated range is 2.0 m in length and 40–60 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Aguja Formation, Texas, USA. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Texacephale, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Longrich et al. (2010).
The PBDB places it in Pachycephalosauridae, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Pachycephalosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Pachycephalosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range is the Campanian.
The PBDB catalogues 2 occurrences, with material from the Aguja Formation (2). Provenance: United States.
The catalogue records the type locality as “Aguja Formation, Texas, USA”.
- Aguja Formation, Texas, USA
The catalogue's reference measurements are 2.0 m in length and 40–60 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 2.0 m
- 40-60 kg
The record gathers 3 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Weight
- 40–60 kg
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 80.0–77.0 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 2010
- Described by
- Longrich et al.
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Family
- Pachycephalosauridae
- Genus
- Texacephale
- Species
- T. langstoni
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- not documented in this catalogue
- Type locality
- Aguja Formation, Texas, USA