Stygimoloch

Stygimoloch

Pronunciation:
stij-i-mol-ok
Name meaning:
'Styx demon'
Stygimoloch
pachycephalosaur silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
pachycephalosaur
Length:
3.0m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 67-66 million years ago
Found in:
USA

Most scientists now think that Stygimoloch was a younger form of Pachycephalosaurus rather than a separate species.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Pachycephalosauria, Pachycephalosauridae
Named by:
Galton and Sues (1983)
Type species:
spinifer

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