Amtocephale

Watabe et al. 2011

Amtocephale is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from early Late Cretaceous deposits of southern Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Ornithischia Unranked clade

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Neornithischia Unranked clade

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Pyrodontia Unranked clade

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Cerapoda Unranked clade

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Marginocephalia Unranked clade

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Pachycephalosauria Suborder

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Pachycephalosauridae Family

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Amtocephale Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇲🇳 Mongolia

Geological formations

Baynshire

Temporal distribution

Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)

Species (1)

Amtocephale gobiensis 101 Ma

Bibliography

Original description

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

Bibliography (1)