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What We Know About the Hard-Headed Pachycephalosaurus

Jurassic Park helped popularize this head butting dino. Learn why paleontologists are undecided about the evolution and behavior of the Pachycephalosaurus.

By Sean Mowbray
Apr 20, 2023 1:00 PM
Artistic rendering of a pachycephalosaurus
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Partway down the list of household dinosaur names, you may know the pachycephalosaurus.

Even if you don’t recognize that formality, the dome-shaped head of this creature is notorious, much thanks to its combative force in the Jurassic Park franchise. But plenty of aspects of this dinosaur remain elusive to experts.

Pachycephalosaurus Facts

The pachycephalosaurus is the largest in a group of bone-headed dinosaurs, pachycephalosaurids, made up of around 20 species, says Aaron Dyer, a paleontologist at the University of Toronto.

Pachycephalosaurus Size

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