LegendaryStegoceras
Stegoceras validum
steh-GOSS-er-as· “horn roof”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Pachycephalosauridae
2.2 m
Length
0.9 m
Height
40 kg
Weight
A small bone-headed dinosaur with a thick, domed skull. A cousin of Pachycephalosaurus, it may have used its reinforced head for shoving contests or display.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~77 million years ago
Found in
Canada
Discovered
Lawrence Lambe, 1902
Did you know?
- It had a thick, bony dome on top of its skull.
- It was a smaller relative of the famous Pachycephalosaurus.
- Its reinforced skull may have been used for head-shoving or display.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.