Goyocephale

Say it like this: “GOH-yo-SEF-a-lee”

Goyocephale lattimorei

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

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When: Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 85.7 to 66 million years ago
Named in: 1982 · Perle, A.; Maryańska, T.; Osmólska, H.
Hip height: 0.5 m · 2 ft
Length: 2 m · 7 ft
Weight: 28 kg · 62 lb
Found in: Mongolia
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: dome-headed dinosaur · Pachycephalosaur
Family branch: Pachycephalosaurinae

The story in short

In 1982, A. Perle and colleagues published the name Goyocephale. The name means “decorated head.”

Fossils referred to Goyocephale date to the Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian · Maastrichtian), roughly 85.7 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Goyocephale at a length near 2 m, hips about 0.5 m high, and a body mass around 28 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