Zavacephale rinpoche Chinzorig et al. 2025 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: T. Chinzorig, R. Takasaki, J. Yoshida, R. T. Tucker, B. Buyantegsh, B. Mainbayar, K. Tsogtbaatar and L. E. Zanno. 2025. A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 646(8087):1138-1145

Belongs to Zavacephale according to T. Chinzorig et al. 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPC-D 100/1209, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Khuren Dukh (MPC), which is in an Aptian/Albian coarse channel fill sandstone in the Khuren Dukh Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Khuren Dukh (MPC)

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