Homalocephale calathocercos
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Pachycephalosauria |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Pachycephalosauridae
Genus: †Homalocephale
Species: †Homalocephale calathocercos
Name
[edit]Homalocephale calathocercos Maryańska & Osmólska, 1974: 56
Type locality: Nemegt Formation; "Nemegt, Nemegt Basin, Gobi Desert, Mongolian People's Republic"; Mongolia.
Holotype: GI SPS 100/51
Etymology: "Gr. kathos = basket, kerkos = tail; because of the caudal tendons arranged in a kind of a basket" [Maryańska & Osmólska, 1974: 56]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Maryańska, T. & Osmólska, H. 1974. Pachycephalosauria, a new suborder of ornithischian dinosaurs. In: Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. (ed.) Results of the Polish - Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions. Part V. Palaeontologia Polonica 45–102. PDF Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Sullivan, R.M. 2006. A taxonomic review of the Pachycephalosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithischia). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35: 347–365. UNM ResearchGate Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Homalocephale calathocercos – Taxon details on Fossilworks.