Genus
Valid Extinct

Micropachycephalosaurus

Dong 1978

Micropachycephalosaurus is an extinct genus of basal marginocephalian dinosaur, containing only the type species, Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis. It lived in China during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) and was found in the Jiangjunding Formation. It has the longest name of any dinosaur, with 23 letters in the genus name alone, while the full binomial contains 37 letters.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Micropachycephalosaurus
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Micropachycephalosaurus is a small, bipedal herbivore with unclear placement on the dinosaur family tree. Despite its name, it may have been a basal ceratopsian rather than a pachycephalosaur. Befitting of its name however, Micropachycephalosaurus was very small, reaching only about 1 m in total body length. © TotalDino · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Micropachycephalosaurus
Micropachycephalosaurus
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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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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Micropachycephalosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
0,6 m ⓘ
1,15 m ⓘ
Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis 
Mass
9 kg ⓘ
Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis 
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Jiangjunding
1
Temporal distribution
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis 90 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Dong. 1978. [A new genus of Pachycephalosauria from Laiyang, Shantung]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 16(4):225-228
Bibliography (1)
Z. Dong. 1978. [A new genus of Pachycephalosauria from Laiyang, Shantung]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 16(4):225-228