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Dracorex
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 66Ma
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The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis - Dracorex skeletal reconstruction.jpg
Reconstructed skeleton, Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Scientific classification
Genus:
Dracorex
Species:
hogwartsia

Dracorex is a genus of pachycephalosaur dinosaur. It lived 65.5–65 million years ago in the Hell Creek Formation in the United States. Its name Dracorex hogswartsia means 'dragon king of Hogwarts'.

This specimen and that of Stygimoloch may be juvenile Pachycephalosaurus. The skull and four cervical vertebrae are all that was found.


Images for kids

  • Pachycephalosaur Skull (AMNH 1696)

    Skull AMNH 1696

  • Pachycephalosaurus skull

    The holotype adult skull of P. "reinheimeri" (DMNS 469)

  • Pachycephalosaurus Reconstruction

    Restoration

  • Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis size chart

    Size compared to a human

  • Pachycephalosaurus ontogeny

    Growth series showing reduction of spikes and growth of dome with age, according to Horner and Goodwin

  • Pachycephalosaurus head butting

    Restoration of head-butting subadults

  • Pachycephalosaurus cranial lesion

    Depressions on the skull of specimen BMRP 2001.4.1

  • Pachycephalosaurus

    Restoration of a specimen with a cranial lesion

  • Hell Creek dinosaurs and pterosaurs by durbed

    Pachycephalosaurus and other animals of the Hell Creek Formation

See also

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