Homalocephale

Homalocephale calathocercos

Homalocephale — reconstrução científica

Homalocephale foi um ornitísquio herbívoro do Cretáceo, descrito por Maryańska & Osmólska. Viveu há aproximadamente 80.0-75.0 milhões de anos, na região do que hoje é Mongólia. Medindo de 1.5 m, pesando 10-20 kg, era um representante característico da fauna mesozoica.

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.

Família
Homalocephalidae
Ordem
Ornithischia
Período
Cretaceous (80.0-75.0 MYA)
Dieta
Herbivore
Comprimento
1.5 m
Peso
10-20 kg

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