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Acrotholus

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Acrotholus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84–83.5 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Pachycephalosauria
Family: Pachycephalosauridae
Genus: Acrotholus
Evans et al., 2013
Type species
Acrotholus audeti
Evans et al., 2013

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.[1]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Evans et al., 2013.[1]

 Pachycephalosauria 

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, D. C.; Schott, R. K.; Larson, D. W.; Brown, C. M.; Ryan, M. J. (2013). "The oldest North American pachycephalosaurid and the hidden diversity of small-bodied ornithischian dinosaurs". Nature Communications. 4: 1828. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4E1828E. doi:10.1038/ncomms2749. PMID 23652016.