Goyocephale

decorated head

• goyo · Mongolian · decorated, beautiful
• kephale · Greek · head

The name combines the Mongolian word "goyo", meaning decorated or beautiful, with the Greek "kephale", meaning head. It refers to the ornamented skull, which has a flat, pitted roof and small bumps and nodes. The type species is Goyocephale lattimorei.

Named by

Perle, Maryańska and Osmólska

Year named

1982

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Khermeen Tsav, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia

A small pachycephalosaur (bone-headed dinosaur). Unlike dome-headed relatives such as Pachycephalosaurus, it had a flat skull roof. The exact age and formation are somewhat uncertain, so no specific stage is given.