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Acrotholus
Taxonomy
Acrotholus was named by Evans et al. (2013) [From the Greek akros, meaning highest, and tholos, meaning dome; in reference to its greatly thickened cranial vault.]. It was considered unknown by Evans et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Pachycephalosauridae by Evans et al. (2013); and to Pachycephalosaurinae by Woodruff et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Pachycephalosauridae by Evans et al. (2013); and to Pachycephalosaurinae by Woodruff et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Acrotholus Evans et al. p. 2 |
| 2021 | Acrotholus Woodruff et al. p. 588 fig. 14 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | A. audeti (125521) |