Classification
Dinosauria
Clade non classé
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Ornithischia
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Neornithischia
Clade non classé
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Pyrodontia
Clade non classé
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Cerapoda
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Marginocephalia
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Pachycephalosauria
Sous-ordre
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Pachycephalosauridae
Famille
Sites de découverte 79 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
18
Campanien
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
58
Santonien
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
2
Turonien
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Synonymes (3)
Texacephale
nomen dubium Pachycephalosauridae
Texacephale langstoni
nomen dubium, species not entered Pachycephalosauridae
Tholocephalidae
subjective synonym of Pachycephalosauridae
Bibliographie
Description originale
C. M. Sternberg. 1945. Pachycephalosauridae proposed for dome-headed dinosaurs, Stegoceras lambei, n. sp., described. Journal of Paleontology 19(5):534-538
Bibliographie (37)
D. C. Woodruff, J. R. Horner, and M. B. Goodwin, D. C. Evans. 2025. The first pachycephalosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation: effects of the Western Interior Seaway on North American pachycephalosaurid evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(2):zlaf087
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J. R. Horner, M. B. Goodwin, and D. C. Evans. 2023. A new pachycephalosaurid from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(4):e2190369:1-14
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S. A. Whitebone, G. F. Funston, and P. J. Currie. 2023. An unusual microsite from the Upper Cretaceous Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43(5):e2316668
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D. C. Woodruff, R. K. Schott, and D. C. Evans. 2023. Two new species of small-bodied pachycephalosaurine (Dinosauria, Marginocephalia) from the uppermost Cretaceous of North America suggest hidden diversity in well-sampled formations. Papers in Palaeontology 9(6):e1535
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D. C. Evans, C. M. Brown, and H. You, N. E. Campione. 2021. Description and revised diagnosis of Asia's first recorded pachycephalosaurid, Sinocephale bexelli gen. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 58(10)
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M. A. McLain, P. V. Ullmann, and R. D. Ash, K. Bohnstedt, D. Nelsen, R. O. Clark, L. R. Brand, A. V. Chadwick. 2021. Independent confirmation of fluvial reworking at a Lance Formation (Maastrichtian) bonebed by traditional and chemical taphonomic analyses. PALAIOS 36(6):193-215
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B. Moore. 2021. The Postcranial Anatomy of Pachycephalosaurs (Ornithischia: Pachycephalosauria) and Its Phylogenetic and Myological Implications.
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T. M. Cullen, F. Fanti, and C. Capobianco, M. J. Ryan, D. C. Evans. 2016. A vertebrate microsite from a marine-terrestrial transition in the Foremost Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada, and the use of faunal assemblage data as a paleoenvironmental indicator. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 444:101-114
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J. C. Mallon, D. C. Evans, and T. T. Tokaryk, M. L. Currie. 2015. First pachycephalosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Frenchman Formation (upper Maastrichtian) of Saskatchewan, Canada. Cretaceous Research 56:426-431
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H. E. Rivera-Sylva and K. Carpenter. 2014. The ornithischian dinosaurs of Mexico. Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico
D. C. Evans, T. E. Williamson, and M. A. Loewen, J. I. Kirkland. 2013. Review of pachycephalosaurian dinosaurs from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah. At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah
D. C. Evans, R. K. Schott, and D. W. Larson, C. M. Brown, M. J. Ryan. 2013. The oldest North American pachycephalosaurid and the hidden diversity of small-bodied ornithischian dinosaurs. Nature Communications 4:1828
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M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, and R. M. Sullivan. 2011. A new pachycephalosaurid from the Baynshire Formation (Cenomanian-late Santonian), Gobi Desert, Mongolia. Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 53:489-497
T. M. Lehman. 2010. Pachycephalosauridae from the San Carlos and Aguja Formations (Upper Cretaceous) of West Texas, and observations of the frontoparietal dome. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):786-798
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N. R. Longrich, J. Sankey, and D. Tanke. 2010. Texacephale langstoni, a new genus of pachycephalosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation, southern Texas, USA. Cretaceous Research 31:274-284
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F. Fanti and T. Miyashita. 2009. A high latitude vertebrate fossil assemblage from the Late Cretaceous of west-central Alberta, Canada: evidence for dinosaur nesting and vertebrate latitudinal gradient. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 275(1-4):37-53
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J. T. Sankey. 2008. Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, Talley Mountain, Upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA. Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography
L. E. Wilson. 2008. Comparative taphonomy and paleoecological reconstruction of two microvertebrate accumulations from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation (Maastrichtian), eastern Montana. Palaios 23:289-297
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M. T. Carrano. 2006. Fossil Vertebrate Collections, Museum of the Rockies
R. M. Sullivan. 2006. A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:348-365
T. T. Tokaryk and H. N. Bryant. 2004. The fauna from the Tyrannosaurus rex excavation, Frenchman Formation (Late Maastrichtian), Saskatchewan. Summary of Investigations 2004, Volume 1. Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Saskatchewan Industry
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R. M. Sullivan. 2003. Revision of the dinosaur Stegoceras Lambe (Ornithischia, Pachycephalosauridae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):181-207
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T. E. Williamson and T. D. Carr. 2003. A new genus of derived pachycephalosaurian from western North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(4):779-801
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P. A. Holroyd and J. H. Hutchison. 2002. Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component. Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:177-190
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J. Peng, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 2001. Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide. Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25:1-54
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M. J. Ryan and A. P. Russell. 2001. Dinosaurs of Alberta (exclusive of Aves). Mesozoic Vertebrate Life
J. T. Sankey. 2001. Late Campanian southern dinosaurs, Aguja Formation, Big Bend, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 75(1):208-215
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P. D. Semonche. 1999. A diverse bonebed near K/T bounary in Wyoming. In: Abstracts of papers: Fifty-ninth annual meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists; Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3 Suppl.):1-78
D. B. Brinkman, M. J. Ryan, and D. A. Eberth. 1998. The paleogeographic and stratigraphic distribution of ceratopsids (Ornithischia) in the Upper Judith River Group of western Canada. Palaios 13:160-169
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J. G. Armstrong-Ziegler. 1978. An aniliid snake and associated vertebrates from the Campanian of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 52(2):480-483
T. Maryańska and H. Osmólska. 1974. Pachycephalosauria, a new suborder of ornithischian dinosaurs. Palaeontologia Polonica 30:45-102
M. T. Greenwald. 1971. The Lower Vertebrates of the Hell Creek Formation, Harding County, South Dakota.
R. Estes, P. Berberian, and C. A. M. Meszoely. 1969. Lower vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, McCone County, Montana. Breviora 337:1-33
Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and K. Kowalski. 1965. Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions to the Gobi Desert in 1963 and 1964. Bulletin de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences, Cl. II 13(3):175-179
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