Dinosaur
Homalocephale
It was described from an incomplete skull and other bones of the body.
The low skull of Homalocephale opened a debate: was it a distinct animal or a juvenile phase of another?
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Homalocephale at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- A plant-based diet is inferred from its anatomy and comparisons with related animals; not all herbivores ate the same plants.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Pachycephalosauridae
- Pachycephalosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Mongolia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Homalocephale
It was small, about 1.8 meters, and possibly omnivorous. Its low skull motivated debates about whether it was a juvenile form of Prenocephale, although other juvenile specimens support distinguishing them.
It was described from an incomplete skull and other bones of the body. The appearance of more young specimens allows us to compare this possibility. In this case, distinguishing species also requires studying how the head changed during growth.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
It was described from an incomplete skull and other bones of the body. The appearance of more young specimens allows us to compare this possibility. In this case, distinguishing species also requires studying how the head changed during growth.
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- Homalocephale calathocercos
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- Homalocephale
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- Pachycephalosauridae
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