Tylocephale

*Taxobox
name = "Tylocephale"


image width = 300px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
subordo =Cerapoda
infraordo = Pachycephalosauria
familia = Pachycephalosauridae
genus = "Tylocephale"
genus_authority = Maryańska and Osmólska, 1974
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"T. gilmorei" Maryańska and Osmólska, 1974 (type)

"Tylocephale" (meaning "swollen head", from the Greek "τυλη" meaning 'callus' or 'hard swelling' and "κεφαλη" meaning 'head') is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. It was a herbivorous dinosaur estimated to have been about 1.4 metres (4.6 ft) in length. It had the tallest dome of any known pachycephalosaur.

"Tylocephale" lived during the Campanian stage, around 75 million years ago. It was discovered in the Khulsan region of Mongolia. The type species is "T. gilmorei", described by Maryańska and Osmólska in 1974.

References

* Sullivan, R.M (2006). "A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia)." in: Lucas, S. G. and Sullivan, R.M., eds., (2006), Late Cretaceous vertebrates from the Western Interior. "New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin" 35.

External links

* [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/detail.dsml?Genus=Tylocephale "Tylocephale" in the National History Museum's Dino Directory]
* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a78c38.htm "Tylocephale" in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ's Lair