Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Pachycephalosauria › Pachycephalosauridae
Acrotholus
Acrotholus audeti Evans et al. 2013
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 85.7–83.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Acrotholus audeti is a pachycephalosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 85.7–83.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Evans et al. 2013. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Acrotholus sits in deep time
Acrotholus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Acrotholus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.