Zavacephale rinpoche Zavacephale
"origin head"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Zavacephale 1 m (3.3 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1 m (3.3 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- Mongolia
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Zavacephale (meaning “origin head”) is an extinct genus of pachycephalosaurian dinosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous Khuren Dukh Formation of Mongolia. The genus contains a single species, Zavacephale rinpoche, known from a partial articulated skeleton including a nearly complete skull. It is both the oldest definitive pachycephalosaur known, as well as the most complete. Its skull bears a well-developed dome structure, as seen in most members of the clade.
What we know
- Named by Chinzorig et al., 2025.
- Body length estimated at about 1 m.
- Fossils found in Mongolia.