Tag Archives: Pachycephalosaurs

New Domes, New Interpretations

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Jaime A. Headden

Thanks to Bob Sullivan, many of his co-authored publications from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMNHS) Bulletin are now available online (which you can find here). I talked about one of them, naming new oviraptorosaurs Ojoraptorsaurus … Continue reading →

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When Flat-Head Met Dome-y

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Jaime A. Headden

One of the most interesting aspects of ornithischian phylogeny has been (alongside whether heterodontosaurs are ornithopods or whatever) is the nature of many pachycephalosaur taxa. Recently, Schott et al. (2003) have done some great detective work in nailing down what … Continue reading →

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Horns, Frills, Knobs and Domes – Morphological Ontogeny

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Jaime A. Headden

Recently I’ve been embroiled in a discussion with various professional paleontologists, interested scientists, and lay paleophiles on the topic of the synonymy proposed by Scannella and Horner [1] for the Hell Creek chasmosaurine ceratopsians Triceratops and Torosaurus. I feel it … Continue reading →

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Sabre-Toothed Dinosaurs

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Jaime A. Headden

And not one of them is a theropod. Oh, you’re thinking of Incisivosaurus gauthieri? It’s clearly a bunny-toothed dinosaur. What follows is a discussion on one of my favorite topics: The dentition of Goyocephale lattimorei.

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