A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia

Citation

Chinzorig, T.; Takasaki, R.; Yoshida, J.; Tucker, R. T.; Buyantegsh, B.; Mainbayar, B.; Tsogtbaatar, K.; Zanno, L. E. (2025). A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 646(8087): 1138-1145. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09213-6

Names first published here

• Zavacephale genus
• Zavacephale rinpoche species

Cited by genera

• Amtocephale

  Recovered Amtocephale as the sister of Stegoceras plus Foraminacephale.

• Wannanosaurus

  Recovered Wannanosaurus as the earliest-branching pachycephalosaurian, but cautions that the immaturity of the holotype may influence its position.

• Zavacephale