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Pachycephalosaurus

Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis (Gilmore 1931)

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis is a pachycephalosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by (Gilmore 1931). The species is represented by 26 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~65%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 26 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Pachycephalosaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Pachycephalosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Pachycephalosaurus'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
Sphaerotholus
Sphaerotholus edmontonensis
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same–clade
Sinocephale
Sinocephale bexelli
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same–clade
Goyocephale
Goyocephale lattimorei
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