In Depth
Foraminacephale is a genus of small pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous. Fossil material of Foraminacephale was originally assigned to the Stegoceras genus as the species S. brevis, but became the basis of a new genus in 2016 (Schott & Evans). Several partial skulls of Foraminacephale are are known, and these allow for the Foraminacephale genus to be differentiated from others. The rear portion of the skull dome of Foraminacephale runs back and down the back of the skull. Growth of the rear portion of the dome is also beginning to be developed in younger individuals when those of other similarly aged juveniles of Stegocereas.
Further Reading
- Cranial variation and systematics of Foraminacephale brevis gen. nov. and the diversity of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Cerapoda) in the Belly River Group of Alberta, Canada. - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. - Ryan K. Schott & David C. Evans - 2016.
