Tatankacephalus
tah-TAHN-kah-SEF-ah-lus /tɑˌtɑnkəˈsɛfələs/
Accepted genus
bison head
- tatanka · Lakota · bison, buffalo
- kephale · Greek · head
The name combines the Lakota word "tatanka", meaning bison or buffalo, with the Greek word for "head". It means "buffalo head". The name refers to the animal's skull, which was found in Montana, bison country.
- Named by
- Parsons and Parsons
- Year named
- 2009
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Cloverly Formation, Montana, USA
An ankylosaur (a nodosaurid), a group of armoured plant-eating dinosaurs. The type species is T. cooneyorum. It is known mainly from a skull. The exact age range within the Early Cretaceous is not given here.