Sphaerotholus triregnum Woodruff et al. 2023 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Pachycephalosauridae

Full reference: D. C. Woodruff, R. K. Schott, and D. C. Evans. 2023. Two new species of small-bodied pachycephalosaurine (Dinosauria, Marginocephalia) from the uppermost Cretaceous of North America suggest hidden diversity in well-sampled formations. Papers in Palaeontology 9(6):e1535

Belongs to Sphaerotholus according to D. C. Woodruff et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Sphaerotholus buchholtzae, Sphaerotholus edmontonensis, Sphaerotholus goodwini, Sphaerotholus lyonsi

Type specimen: ROM 53583, a partial skull ( nearly complete and well-preserved isolated left squamosal ). Its type locality is 45 km southwest of Jordan (NCD01), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at 45 km southwest of Jordan (NCD01)

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