Platytholus
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Platytholus
DV-1216 · type species Platytholus clemensi
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Pachycephalosaurs, Pachycephalosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Horner et al. 2023
Field notes
About Platytholus
Platytholus 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 Platytholus, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Hell Creek Formation. It was named by Horner et al. in 2023.
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: J. R. Horner, M. B. Goodwin, and D. C. Evans. 2023. A new pachycephalosaurid from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42(4):e2190369:1-14