Dinosaur
Prenocephale
A ring of small spikes and bumps surrounded the dome on its skull.
Small bumps and spikes surrounded Prenocephale’s domed head.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Prenocephale 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 Prenocephale
It was a small pachycephalosaurid from the Nemegt Formation. Comparing it with its relative Homalocephale helps investigate the diversity and development of the skull in that group.
Comparing its head with Homalocephale’s helps researchers investigate both family relationships and skull development. A head’s shape can depend on age as well as species.
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.Sources & text credits
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- Prenocephale prenes
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- Prenocephale
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- Pachycephalosauridae
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- Living birds
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