Micropachycephalosaurus

Micropachycephalosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian
Restoration
Drawing of the ilium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Marginocephalia
Genus: Micropachycephalosaurus
Dong, 1978
Species:
M. hongtuyanensis
Binomial name
Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis
Dong, 1978

Micropachycephalosaurus (meaning "small thick-headed lizard") is an extinct genus of basal marginocephalian dinosaur containing only the type species, Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis. It lived in China during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) and was found in the Jiangjunding Formation.[1]

Micropachycephalosaurus has the longest name of any dinosaur, with 23 letters in the genus name alone, while the full binomial contains 37 letters.[2]

  1. ^ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2011) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2010 Appendix.
  2. ^ "How Dinosaurs Were Named | Scholastic (no longer available)".