Genus
Valid Extinct

Prenocephale

Maryańska and Osmólska 1974
Etymology Tête en pente

Prenocephale is a genus of small pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It was similar in many ways to its close relative, Homalocephale.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Prenocephale
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fossil of Prenocephale prenes, an extinct ornithischian © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Eupachycephalosauria Unranked clade
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Prenocephale Genus
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
5
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Nemegt
4
Kirtland
1
Baruungoyot
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
4
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Prenocephale prenes 72 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
T. Maryańska and H. Osmólska. 1974. Pachycephalosauria, a new suborder of ornithischian dinosaurs. Palaeontologia Polonica 30:45-102
Bibliography (4)
Y. Lee, L. L. Jacobs, and P. J. Currie, R. Barsbold. 2023. Narrative of the Korea-Mongolian International Dinosaur expeditions (KID) 2006–2010 with scientific results. Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution: Essays in Honor of Louis L. Jacobs
D. C. Evans, S. Hayashi, and K. Chiba, M. Watabe, M. J. Ryan, Y.-N. Lee, P. J. Currie, K. Tsogtbaatar, R. Barsbold. 2018. Morphology and histology of new cranial specimens of Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Nemegt Formation, Mongolia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 494:121-134 DOI ↗
R. M. Sullivan. 2000. Prenocephale edmontonensis (Brown and Schlaikjer) new comb. and P. brevis (Lambe) new comb. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia: Pachycephalosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of North America. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17:177-190
T. Maryańska and H. Osmólska. 1974. Pachycephalosauria, a new suborder of ornithischian dinosaurs. Palaeontologia Polonica 30:45-102