Goyocephale

Pronunciation:
goy-oh-keff-ah-lee
Name meaning:
'decorated head'
Type of dinosaur:
pachycephalosaur
Length:
2.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 81-75 million years ago
Found in:
Mongolia

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Pachycephalosauria, Goyocephala
Named by:
Perle, Maryańska and Osmólska (1982)
Type species:
lattimorei

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