Foraminacephale

Say it like this: “fo-RAM-i-nuh-SEF-uh-lee”

Foraminacephale brevis

Foraminacephale ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Named in: 2016 · Schott, R. K.; Evans, D. C.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 1.5 m · 5 ft
Weight: 10 kg · 22 lb
Found in: Canada · Dinosaur Park
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: dome-headed dinosaur · Pachycephalosaur
Family branch: Pachycephalosaurinae

The story in short

In 2016, R. K. Schott and D. C. Evans published the name Foraminacephale.

It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Dinosaur Park Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Foraminacephale at a length near 1.5 m and a body mass around 10 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Pachycephalosaurinae, among the dome-headed dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Acrotholus

Acrotholus audeti

Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago

Alaskacephale

Alaskacephale gangloffi

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago

Brontotholus

Brontotholus harmoni

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago