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Pachycephalasaurus

 

 
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Pachycephalasaurus

Pachycephalasaurus was a Herbivore from the Late Cretaceous Period

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Pachycephalasaurus

Pachycephalosaurus (the 'thick headed lizard', from the Greek pachy- meaning 'thick', cephale- meaning 'head' and saurus- meaning 'lizard') was a dinosaur of the family Pachycephalosauridae, from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America. It was an herbivorous creature, which is only known from a single skull and a few extremely thick skull roofs.

 

 

Name

Edmontosaurus

Tyrannosaurus

Deinonychus

Pachycephalosaurus

Triceratops

Apatosaurus

Compsognathus

Food Source

Herbivore

Carnivore

Carnivore

Herbivore

Herbivore

Herbivore

Carnivore

Length

9 to13 metres

12 to 13 metres

3 metres

4.6 metres

8 metres

21 metres

70-140 cm

Weight

3,500kg

7,200kg

80 kg

3,500kg

6,100kg

35,000kg

2kg

Period

Late Cretaceous

Late Cretaceous

Early Cretaceous

Late Cretaceous

Late Cretaceous

Late Jurassic

Late Jurassic

MY=Million Years

71-65 MY

71-65 MY

146 MY

71-65 MY

71-65 MY

161to 145 MY

161to 145 MY

 

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