| "Stygimoloch" Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Family: | †Pachycephalosauridae |
| Tribe: | †Pachycephalosaurini |
| Genus: | †"Stygimoloch" Galton & Sues, 1983 |
| Species: | "S. spinifer" |
| Binomial name | |
| "Stygimoloch spinifer" Galton & Sues, 1983 | |
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"Stygimoloch" (Styx River Devil) is a dubious genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that originated from Late Cretaceous North America.
Description[]
Stygimoloch was a plant-eating dinosaur that had bony spikes and knobs on its skull. This bipedal dinosaur lived about 68 million to 65 million years ago. Like other pachycephalosaurids, Stygimoloch was a Bipedal Herbivore with a moderately thick skull roof. It had long hind limbs and small forelimbs. Stygimoloch and other Pachycephalosaurs probably head-butted as a defense and in rivalry. 22% of all domes examined had Lesions suggesting osteomyelitis. This is an infection of the bone resulting from Trauma. So pachycephalosaurid domes were probably used in intra-species combat.
In The Media[]
- It appears in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, its sequel Jurassic World: Dominion and the spinoff show Jurassic World: Chaos Theory.
- In Jurassic World: The Game it appears as a VIP/Tournament legendary.
- In Jurassic World: Alive and it has 2 variants, Gen 1 (Epic) and Gen 2 (Common).
- It appears in Path of Titans as a subspecies of the Pachycephalosaurus.
Gallery[]
Stygimoloch - Dinosaur Train - The Jim Henson Company
Jurassic world: Fallen Kingdom
Dino Dan Stygimoloch Promo
Dino Dan
