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dome-headed dinosaur
Zavacephale
Say it like this: “ZAH-vuh-SEF-uh-lee”
Zavacephale rinpoche
Zavacephale ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2025 · Chinzorig, T.; Takasaki, R.; Yoshida, J.; Tucker, R. T.; Buyantegsh, B.; Mainbayar, B.; Tsogtbaatar, K.; Zanno, L. E.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1 m · 3 ft
- Weight
- 6 kg · 13 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Khuren Dukh
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- dome-headed dinosaur · Pachycephalosaur
- Family branch
- Pachycephalosauria
The story in short
Zavacephale was formally named in 2025 by T. Chinzorig and colleagues.
Fossils referred to Zavacephale date to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Khuren Dukh Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Zavacephale at a length near 1 m and a body mass around 6 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Pachycephalosauria, among the dome-headed dinosaurs.