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Prenocephale
Prenocephale
was a herbivorous (plant-eating) dinosaur that
lived during the late Cretaceous period,
about 83 to 65 million years ago,
in Mongolia, as well as, possibly, North America.
It was one of the dinosaurs that died out in the Cretaceous-Tertiary
extinction,
65 million years ago.
Prenocephale was generally similar in form to one of its close relative,
Pachycephalosaurus,
but was considerably smaller in size. Like
Pachycephalosaurus,
it had a thick bony dome on its head with bony knobs and spikes. However, as compared
to a number of other animals in this group,
Prenocephale's dome was sloping, hence its
name which means "sloped head".
Although some scientists have argued that perhaps Prenocephale was
an omnivore, it is generally believed to have been
a herbivore (plant-eater).
Prenocephale probably ate leaves and fruit, and may have
been quite selective in its foraging.
Only a limited number of fossils
of Prenocephale have so far been found, most of which are skulls, although a few other bones
have been found. Based on these, and comparison of its anatomy to its relatives,
scientists believe that Prenocephale was about 8 feet (2.4 meters) long, and weighed something in
the region of 290 pounds (130 kilograms).
Prenocephale was a herbivore (plant-eater) that lived from 83 to 65 million years ago
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Prenocephale Facts
Here is a summary of some of the key facts about Prenocephale:
- Prenocephale was a genus of dinosaur.
- "Prenocephale" means "sloping head".
- Prenocephale was a member of the Ornithischia ("bird-hipped") order of dinosaurs. What this means, is that although Prenocephale was not closely related to birds, it did have similarly shaped pelvic bones.
- Prenocephale was a Pachycephalosaur - a member of a group of related herbivorous (plant-eating) dinosaurs with bony domes on their heads.
- Prenocephale lived between about 83 million years ago and 65 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period.
- Prenocephale was one of the dinosaurs which died out during the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic Era.
- Prenocephale lived in Mongolia, and possibly North America too.
- Prenocephale was a herbivore (plant-eater).
- Prenocephale was about 8 feet (2.4 meters) long.
- Prenocephale weighed about 290 pounds (130 kilograms).
Prenocephale Books
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By Ronald Cohn Jesse Russell
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Prenocephale was a small pachycephalosaurid dinosaur genus from the Late Cretaceous (from the Campanian through to the Maastrichtian) and was similar in many ways to its close relative, Homalocephale, which may simply represent Prenocephale juveniles. Adult Prenocephale probably weighed around 130 kilograms (290Â lb) and measured around 2.4 metres (8Â ft) long. Unlike the flattened wedge-shaped skull of Homalocephale (a possible juvenile trait also potentially seen in early growth stages of Pachycephalosaurus), the head of Prenocephale was rounded and sloping. The dome had a row of small, bony spikes and bumps. It lived in what is now Mongolia; but in high upland forests, not the dry deserts of Mongolia today. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. |
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In recent years dinosaurs have captured the attention of the public at an unprecedented level. At the heart of this resurgence in popular interest is an increased level of research activity, much of which is innovative in the field of paleontology. For instance, whereas earlier paleontological studies emphasized basic morphologic description and taxonomic classification, modern studies attempt to examine the role and nature of dinosaurs as living animals. More than ever before, we understand how these extinct species functioned, behaved, interacted with each other and the environment, and evolved. Nevertheless, these studies rely on certain basic building blocks of knowledge, including facts about dinosaur anatomy and taxonomic relationships. One of the purposes of this volume is to unravel some of the problems surrounding dinosaur systematics and to increase our understanding of dinosaurs as a biological species. Dinosaur Systematics presents a current overview of dinosaur systematics using various examples to explore what is a species in a dinosaur, what separates genders in dinosaurs, what morphological changes occur with maturation of a species, and what morphological variations occur within a species. |
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