Pachycephalosaurus

See also: pachycephalosaurus

Translingual

Skeleton

Restoration

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) +‎ -saurus, equivalent to pachy- (“thick”) +‎ cephalo- (“head”) +‎ -saurus (“lizard”).

Proper noun

†Pachycephalosaurus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pachycephalosauridae – a dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian faunal stage) of what is now North America. Currently contains only the species Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis