Sphaerotholus goodwini Sphaerotholus

"ball"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Sphaerotholus 2 m (6.6 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
2 m (6.6 ft)
Period
Cretaceous (145–66 Mya)
Place
United States · Canada · Mexico · Alberta, Canada
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Pachycephalosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Marginocephalia

Sphaerotholus is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the western United States and Canada. To date, five species have been described: the type species, S. goodwini, from the Den-na-zin Member of the Kirtland Formation and possibly the Fossil Forest Member of the Fruitland Formation (Late Campanian) of San Juan County, New Mexico, USA; S. buchholtzae, from the Hell Creek Formation (Late Maastrichtian) of western Carter County, Montana, USA and the Frenchman Formation of Saskatchewan, Canada; S. edmontonensis, from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, Canada; S. lyonsi, from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada; and S. triregnum from the Hell Creek Formation of Garfield County, Montana, USA.

What we know

  • Named by Williamson & Carr, 2002.
  • Body length estimated at about 2 m.
  • Fossils found in United States and Canada.