Genus
Valid Extinct

Alaskacephale

Sullivan 2006
Etymology Tête d'Alaska

Alaskacephale is an extinct genus of pachycephalosaurid, a group of dome-headed, herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs, that lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now northern Alaska. The genus is one of the few known Arctic dinosaurs and was found in the Prince Creek Formation, which preserves a menagerie of fossils. The only known specimen, a squamosal bone, was found in 1999 and later described in 2005. However, Alaskacephale was not formally named until the next year.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Alaskacephale
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Marginocephalia Unranked clade
Pachycephalosauria Suborder
Pachycephalosauridae Family
Pachycephalosaurini Unranked clade
Alaskacephale Genus
Measurements
Length
1,8 m
Alaskacephale gangloffi
Mass
25 kg
Alaskacephale gangloffi
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Prince Creek
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Alaskacephale gangloffi 72 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (1)
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