Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Silhouette of Prenocephale prenes

Prenocephale Prenocephale prenes Maryańska and Osmólska 1974

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

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
Mongolia
Region
Omnogov
Formation
Nemegt
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Mongolia. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Prenocephale prenes is a pachycephalosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Prenocephale prenes sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Prenocephale
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Prenocephale prenes'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.

predator–prey
Tarbosaurus
Tarbosaurus bataar
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predator–prey
Velociraptor
Velociraptor mongoliensis
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predator–prey
Mononykus
Mononykus olecranus
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coexisted–with
Saurornitholestes
Saurornitholestes langstoni
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coexisted–with
Tyrannosaurus
Tyrannosaurus rex
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coexisted–with
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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