Micropachycephalosaurus (small thick headed lizard)
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Micropachycephalosaurus (small thick headed lizard)
Phonetic : My-krow-pak-e-sef-ah-lo-sore-us.
Named By : Z. Dong - 1978
Diet : Herbivore
Size : Estimated 60 cm long
Type of Dinosaur : Ceratopsian
Type Species : M. hongtuyanensis (type)
Found in : China, Shandong Province - Wangshi Group
When it Lived : Late Cretaceous, 84-71 million years ago
Named By : Z. Dong - 1978
Diet : Herbivore
Size : Estimated 60 cm long
Type of Dinosaur : Ceratopsian
Type Species : M. hongtuyanensis (type)
Found in : China, Shandong Province - Wangshi Group
When it Lived : Late Cretaceous, 84-71 million years ago
Micropachycephalosaurus (meaning “small thick-headed lizard”) was a monotypic genus of ceratopsian dinosaur. It lived in China during Late Cretaceous. The single specimen’s skeleton was discovered on a cliff in Shandong Province, southwest of Laiyang. It was both a herbivorous and bipedal dinosaur.
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