Prenocephale

sloping head

• prenes · Greek · sloping
• kephale · Greek · head

The name combines Greek words for "sloping" and "head". It refers to the smooth, rounded, domed skull roof of this pachycephalosaurid, which slopes down at the front and sides. The type species, P. prenes, repeats the "sloping" root.

Named by

Maryańska and Osmólska

Year named

1974

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

A dome-headed pachycephalosaurid. The age is commonly given as Maastrichtian, though the exact age of the Nemegt Formation is debated. The species P. prenes is the type. Other species once placed in this genus, such as "P." brevis and "P." hodgsonae, are now usually assigned to different genera.