LegendaryPrenocephale
Prenocephale prenes
PREN-oh-SEF-ah-lee· “sloping head”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Pachycephalosauridae
2.4 m
Length
1 m
Height
130 kg
Weight
A bone-headed dinosaur whose smooth, rounded dome was ringed with a row of small bony spikes and bumps.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~72–66 million years ago
Found in
Mongolia
Discovered
Halszka Osmólska, 1974
Did you know?
- Its rounded skull dome was ringed with little spikes.
- It was a relative of the famous Pachycephalosaurus.
- The dome may have been used for display or shoving matches.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.