AMTOCEPHALE
a bone-headed pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia
Pronunciation: AM-tuh-SEF-uh-lee
Meaning: Amtgai head
Author/s: Watabe
et al. (
2011)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Ömnögovi, Mongolia
Discovery Chart Position: #748
Amtocephale gobiensis
(Amtgai Head from the Gobi)Etymology
Amtocephale is derived from "Amtgai" (for the Amtgai site where it was found), and the Greek "kephale" (head).
The
species epithet,
gobiensis, means "from the Gobi" in Latin.
Discovery
The remains of
Amtocephale were discovered at the Baynshire Formation (aka Bayn Shire, Baynshiree, Bayn Shire Svita, Bayn Shireh Svita, Baynshirenskaya) at the Amtgay locality, Ömnögovi (South Gobi) Aimag (Province), Mongolia.
The
holotype (MPC-D 100/1203) is a badly weathered, heavily pitted, domed skull roof.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian
Age range: 86-83.5 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Watabe M, Tsogtbaatar K, Suzuki S and Saneyoshi M (2010) "Geology of dinosaur-fossil-bearing localities (Jurassic and Cretaceous: Mesozoic) in the Gobi Desert: Results of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition".
Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research, Bulletin 3: 41–118.
• Watabe M, Tsogtbaatar K and Sullivan RM (2011) "
A new pachycephalosaurid from the Baynshire Formation (Cenomanian-late Santonian), Gobi Desert, Mongolia".
Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 53: 489-497.
• Kurumada Y, Aoki S, Aoki K, Kato D, Saneyoshi M, Tsogtbaatar K, Windley BF and Ishigaki S (2020) "Calcite U–Pb age of the Cretaceous vertebrate-bearing Bayn Shire Formation in the Eastern Gobi Desert of Mongolia: usefulness of caliche for age determination".
Terra Nova, 32(4): 246–252. DOI: 10.1111/ter.12456.
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