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ACROTHOLUS
(ak-roe-foe-lus)
meaning: "High dome"
Named By: David C. Evans, Ryan K. Schott, Derek W. Larson, Caleb M. Brown, Michael J. Ryan in 2013
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 84-83.5 Ma
Location: Canada, Alberta - Milk River Formation, Deadhorse Coulee Member
Size: Estimated to be about 1.8 meters long and 40Kg in weight
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Skull fragments including two domes
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Pachycephalosauridae |
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Acrotholus is an extinct genus of fully domed pachycephalosaurid dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Deadhorse Coulee Member of the Milk River Formation (latest Santonian stage) of southern Alberta, Canada. It contains a single species, Acrotholus audeti.

Read more about Acrotholus at Wikipedia
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