Name:
Goyocephale (Greek for "adorned head"); pronounced GOY-oh-SEFF-ah-lee
Habitat:
Woodlands of Asia
Historical Period:
Late Cretaceous (85-70 million years ago)
Size and Weight:
About 6 feet long and 50-100 pounds
Diet:
Plants
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Slim build; small protrusions on head
About Goyocephale:
Like its close cousin, Wannanosaurus, Goyocephale is important because it's ancestral to the more evolved (and thicker-skulled) pachycephalosaurs of the late Cretaceous period, such as Stegoceras and Stygimoloch. This small, nimble herbivore had only rudimentary ornamentation on its head, and its relatively primitive skull was punctuated by noticeable holes (the skulls of later pachycephalosaurs were solid masses of bone).
