Ornatotholus

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iOrnatotholus
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Marginocephalia
Superfamily: Pachycephalosauria
Genus: Ornatotholus
Galton & Sues, 1983
Species: O. browni
Binomial name
Ornatotholus browni
(Wall & Galton, 1979)

Ornatotholus is a genus of pachycephalosaur dinosaur from southern Alberta. It is the only putative "flat-headed" pachycephalosaur known from North America. It appears to share many similarities with Stegoceras, and may represent a juvenile form, making it a nomen dubium.

[edit] References

  • T.E. Williamson and T.D. Carr. 2002. A new genus of derived Pachycephalosaurian from Western North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22:779–801.
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