Platytholus clemensi Platytholus

"flattened"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Platytholus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
United States · Montana, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Pachycephalosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia

Platytholus is an extinct genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation of the United States. The genus contains a single species, P. clemensi, known from a partial skull.

What we know

  • Named by Horner, Goodwin & Evans, 2023.
  • Fossils found in United States and Montana, USA.