Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Silhouette of Homalocephale calathocercos

Homalocephale Homalocephale calathocercos Maryańska and Osmólska 1974

/hˈoʊmɐlˌoʊsfeɪl/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Homalocephale calathocercos is a pachycephalosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Maryańska and Osmólska 1974. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~8%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Homalocephale calathocercos sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Homalocephale
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Homalocephale calathocercos's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Saurornitholestes
Saurornitholestes langstoni
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predator–prey
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus rex
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predator–prey
Richardoestesia
Richardoestesia isosceles
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coexisted–with
Richardoestesia
Richardoestesia gilmorei
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coexisted–with
Troodon
Troodon formosus
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same–clade
Prenocephale
Prenocephale prenes
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same–clade
Sphaerotholus
Sphaerotholus buchholtzae
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same–clade
Sphaerotholus
Sphaerotholus triregnum
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