Platytholus is an extinct genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation of the United States. The genus contains a single species, P. clemensi, known from a partial skull.[1]
^Horner, John R.; Goodwin, Mark B.; Evans, David C. (2023-04-14). "A new pachycephalosaurid from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e2190369. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2190369. ISSN 0272-4634.
described Platytholus clemensi, a new genus and species of pachycephalosaurid, based on these fossil remains. The generic name, "Platytholus", combines...
Formation, both of Morocco. The type, and currently only, species is S. platytholus. In the early twenty-first century a collector donated a dinosaur skull...
around 4.5 m (15 ft) long and weighed 450 kilograms (990 pounds). †Platytholus †Platytholus clemensi 68-66 Ma Hell Creek Formation, Montana, USA †Prenocephale...
Plateosaurus Platyceratops – possible junior synonym of Bagaceratops Platypelta Platytholus Plesiohadros Pleurocoelus – possible junior synonym of Astrodon Pleuropeltus...
but given its own genus because of several morphological differences Platytholus 2023 Hell Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) United States...
Pachycephalosaur remains have been unearthed in Montana as in the case of Platytholus and the now invalid genus Stenotholus kohleri, which is now a junior...
belonging to the group Ankylopollexia. The type species is O. bunnueli. Platytholus Gen. et sp. nov Valid Horner, Goodwin & Evans Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)...
Formation, New Mexico Mostly complete skull Type species of Pentaceratops Platytholus clemensi MOR 2915 Museum of the Rockies Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation...
Pachycetus. As Pachycetus was named in 1883, a whole 43 years before Platytholus, the rules of the ICZN dictated that Pachycetus had priority. Simultaneously...
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