Akainacephalus
ah-KY-nah-SEF-ah-lus /ˌækəˌnæˈsɛfələs/
Accepted genus
spike head (thorn head)
- akaina · Greek · thorn, spike
- kephale · Greek · head
The name combines the Greek word for a thorn or spike with the Greek word for head. It refers to the many spikes and pointed bony scutes on the skull of this armoured dinosaur. The type species is A. johnsoni.
- Named by
- Wiersma and Irmis
- Year named
- 2018
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Campanian
- Found in
- Kaiparowits Formation, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA
An ankylosaurid (armoured dinosaur) with a tail club. It is closely related to Nodocephalosaurus and other ankylosaurines.