Pachyrhinosaurus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pachyrhinosaurus |
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| P. perotorum mounted at the Perot Museum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Family: | †Ceratopsidae |
| Subfamily: | †Centrosaurinae |
| Clade: | †Pachyrostra |
| Genus: | †Pachyrhinosaurus Sternberg, 1950 |
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| †Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis Sternberg, 1950
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Pachyrhinosaurus was a large, plant-eating dinosaur that had a bony, spiked neck frill, four short legs, and a short tail. Pachyrhinosaurus was a short-frilled ceratopsian dinosaur that was 18 to 23 feet (5.5 to 7 m) long. Pachyrhinosaurus had many small horns on the middle of its frill.
Images for kids
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P. canadensis skull cast, Geological Museum, Copenhagen
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P. lakustai skull
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P. perotorum holotype
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Restoration of two P. perotorum
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TMP 2002.76.1, which may be a specimen of Pachyrhinosaurus, Achelousaurus, or a new taxon, in Royal Tyrrell Museum
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Skull differences between different growth stages of P. perotorum
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A herd of P. perotorum resting next to contemporaneous paleofauna from the Prince Creek Formation
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P. lakustai composite skeleton
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Restoration of P. lakustai
See also
In Spanish: Pachyrhinosaurus para niños
