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Dinosaur: Foraminacephale brevis
| Length*: | 1.45 m | 4.8 ft |
| Weight*: | 16 kg | 35 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Middle-Late Campanian
Years: 83.6–72.1 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Schott & Evans
Year: 2016
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: Canada
Region: Alberta
Formation: Dinosaur Park
Locations
Sources
Material: Frontoparietal dome, referred several other individuals (also skull fragments).
References: Schott, R. K., & Evans, D. C. (2016). Cranial variation and systematics of Foraminacephale brevis gen. nov. and the diversity of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Cerapoda) in the Belly River Group of Alberta, Canada.
