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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Eupachycephalosauria
Unranked clade
Fossil sites 88 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
41
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
47
Bibliography
Original description
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