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Micropachycephalosaurus Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis Dong 1978
/mˌaɪkɹoʊpˌækɪsˌɛfɐləsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 89.8–83.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Shandong
Formation
Jiangjunding
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 89.8–83.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Shandong, China. It was named by Dong 1978. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis sits in deep time
Micropachycephalosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.