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Pachycephalosaurus

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Pachycephalosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), 70–65 Ma
Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
Scientific classification e
Unrecognized taxon (fix): Pachycephalosaurus
Species
  • P. wyomingensis
    (Gilmore, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Tylosteus ornatus
    Leidy, 1872
  • Troodon wyomingensis
    Gilmore, 1931
  • Pachycephalosaurus grangeri
    Brown & Schlaikjer, 1943
  • Pachycephalosaurus reinheimeri
    Brown & Schlaikjer, 1943
  • Stenotholus kohleri
    Giffin, Gabriel & Johnson, 1988
  • Stygimoloch spinifer?
    Galton & Sues, 1983
  • Dracorex hogwartsia?
    Bakker et al., 2006

Pachycephalosaurus (from Greek pachys-/παχύς- "thik", kephale/κεφαλή "heid" an sauros/σαῦρος "lizard") is a genus o pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that leeved in whit is nou North Americae in the Late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian), aboot 70-65 million years aby (mya).