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TEXACEPHALE
(tex-ah-sef-a-lay)
meaning: "Texas head"
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 |
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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.

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