Alaskacephale
Field photograph to come
Alaskacephale
DV-0596
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Pachycephalosaurs, Pachycephalosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Sullivan 2006
Field notes
About Alaskacephale
Alaskacephale was a plant-eating pachycephalosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Pachycephalosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Alaskacephale, from Alaska. Its fossils come from the Prince Creek Formation. It was named by Sullivan in 2006.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Pachycephalosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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