Dracorex is a pachycephalosaur from the end of the Cretaceous Period which was identified after the discovery of a spectacular skull. The skull lacks the dome characteristic of this group and instead has spikes and frills reminiscent of a mythical dragon.

Pachycephalosaurus (/ ˌ p æ k ɪ ˌ s ɛ f əl ə ˈ s ɔː r ə s /; [2] meaning "thick-headed lizard", from Greek pachys-/ παχύς-"thickness", kephalon/ κεφαλή "head" and sauros/ σαῦρος "lizard") [3] is a genus of pachycephalosaurid ornithischian dinosaur.

Dracorex hogwartsia is a dinosaur that is new to science, and it bears a close resemblance to a fairy-tale dragon, with its bony head covered in spikes and knobs. Dracorex belongs to the group of ornithischian dinosaurs called Pachycephalosaurs, or bone-headed dinosaurs.

2020年1月21日 · The full name of this pachycephalosaur, or bone-headed dinosaur, is Dracorex hogwartsia (pronounced DRAY-co-rex hog-WART-see-ah), which is Greek for Dragon King of Hogwarts), and as you might have guessed, there's a story behind this. After it was excavated in 2004, in South Dakota's Hell Creek formation, the partial skull of this dinosaur was ...

2023年2月14日 · Dracorex, meaning "dragon king," is a genus of dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 66 million years ago

Dracorex's head was covered with nasty-looking spikes, horns, and bubble-shaped lumps of bone.

The first and only fossil of Dracorex was found in 2004, in South Dakota’s Hell Creek formation. It was a partial skull that was remarkably well-preserved and showed many details of the dinosaur’s head.

2023年12月18日 · The name Dracorex comes from the Latin words “draco” meaning dragon and “rex” meaning king, which perfectly captures the imperial aura that surrounds this extraordinary creature. Despite its fearsome appearance, Dracorex was likely a herbivore, feeding on a variety of plants during the Late Cretaceous period. Classification. Taxonomic ...