Sphaerotholus goodwini Williamson and Carr 2003 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia - Pachycephalosauridae

Alternative combination: Prenocephale goodwini

Full reference: T. E. Williamson and T. D. Carr. 2003. A new genus of derived pachycephalosaurian from western North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(4):779-801

Belongs to Sphaerotholus according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2010

See also Evans et al. 2018, Jasinski 2015, Jasinski and Sullivan 2011, Maryanska et al. 2004, Schott et al. 2009, Schott and Evans 2017, Sullivan 2003, Sullivan 2006, Sullivan and Lucas 2003, Sullivan et al. 2005, Sullivan and Lucas 2006, Watabe et al. 2011, Wick and Lehman 2024, Williamson and Carr 2003 and Woodruff et al. 2021

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

Type specimen: NMMNH P-27403. Its type locality is Willow Wash, NMMNH Loc. L-3921, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Willow Wash, NMMNH Loc. L-3921

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