Zavacephale
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Zavacephale
DV-1296 · type species Zavacephale rinpoche
- Lived
- 120 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Pachycephalosaurs
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Chinzorig et al. 2025
Field notes
About Zavacephale
Zavacephale was a plant-eating pachycephalosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 120 to 101 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zavacephale, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Khuren Dukh Formation. It was named by Chinzorig et al. in 2025.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Pachycephalosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. Chinzorig, R. Takasaki, and J. Yoshida, R. T. Tucker, B. Buyantegsh, B. Mainbayar, K. Tsogtbaatar, L. E. Zanno. 2025. A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 646(8087):1138-1145