Platytholus Horner et al. 2023 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Pachycephalosauridae

Full reference: J. R. Horner, M. B. Goodwin, and D. C. Evans. 2023. A new pachycephalosaurid from the Hell Creek Formation, Garfield County, Montana, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2190369:1-14

Parent taxon: Pachycephalosaurinae according to J. R. Horner et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Acrotholus, Foraminacephale, Sphaerotholus

Subtaxa: Platytholus clemensi

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Type: Platytholus clemensi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at MOR locality HC-517 (Cretaceous of Montana)

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