Micropachycephalosaurus
Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis
Pronounced:
My-crow-pak-ee-sef-uh-low-Saw-rus
Diet: Herbivore
(plant-eater)
Name Means: "Small
Pachycephalosaur"
Length: 20 inches (50
cm )
Height: 7 inches (17
cm)
Weight: unknown
Time: Late Cretaceous
Fossil remains for this Dinosaur have been found in Asia
MicroPachycephalosaurus is a very small member of the family of dome-headed dinosaurs that includes its larger North American cousin, the Pachycephalosaurus This very small dinosaur also has the longest name of any dinosaur! Members of this family are well known from North America, but this little guy is one of only two ever discovered in Asia.
Known from only post-cranial remains, there is some
dissension over whether this animal belongs to the
Pachycephalosauridae or the Homalocephalidae. |
