Goyocephale

DV-0276

Lived: 86 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 2 m (7 ft)
Group: Pachycephalosaurs
Found in: Mongolia
Named by: Perle et al. 1982

Field notes

About Goyocephale

Goyocephale was a plant-eating pachycephalosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Goyocephale, from Mongolia. It was named by Perle et al. in 1982.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

75 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Goyocephale?

Goyocephale: about 2 m (7 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical pachycephalosaur shape

Close relatives

Other members of Pachycephalosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. Perle, T. Maryanska, and H. Osmólska. 1982. Goyocephale lattimorei gen. et sp. n., a new flat-headed pachycephalosaur (Ornithischia, Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 27(1-4):115-127