Named By: | N. R. Longrich, J. Sankey & D. Tanke in 2010 |
Time Period: | Late Campanian, 77 Ma |
Location: | USA, Texas - Aguja Formation |
Size: | Unknown due to lack of fossil material |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial cranial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Pachycephalosauria | Pachycephalosauridae | |
Texacephale is a genus of basal pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The type species is Texacephale langstoni; its fossils were discovered in the Aguja Formation and described in 2010 by Longrich, Sankey and Tanke. The generic name means Texas + "head" (kephale in Greek) in reference to its place of discovery, and the specific name honors Wann Langston.