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Amtocephale gobiensis
Taxonomy
Amtocephale gobiensis was named by Watabe et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MPC-D 100/1203, a partial skull (nearly complete frontoparietal), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Amtocephale gobiensis Watabe et al. p. 490 figs. 2-3 |
| 2018 | Amtocephale gobiensis Evans et al. p. 131 |
| 2021 | Amtocephale gobiensis Woodruff et al. p. 581 |
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†Amtocephale gobiensis Watabe et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. Watabe et al. 2011 | A small pachycephalosaurid that differs from Prenocephale brevis and all other pachycephalosaurids in having the following combination of characters: deep supratemporal fossae; broad (craniocaudally) prefrontal sutural surfaces with the nasal prefrontal and anterior supraorbitals surfaces lying in a single plane; short parietal (parietal length to the frontoparietal length is 2.44); posterior medial extension of the parietal sharply downturned; posterior medial extension of the parietal wide relative to the maximum width of the frontoparietal; and supratemporal fenestrae absent. |