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Pachyrhinosaurus
Painting by Tom Stewart
Reprinted Courtesy of Alaska Geographic Society
Pachyrhinosaurus PAK ee RINE uh SORE us PronuciationPronuciation
A nearly complete skull of this member of the Ceratopsian family was found along the Colville River in 1980's. Pachyrhinosaurus was the largest of the short-frilled horned dinosaurs. (Age: Late Campanian or Maastrichtian)
Diet Rock Formation Geologic Age Million Years Old
Plant-Eating Colville Group Late Cretaceous 66-71
Alaska Location Height Length Weight
North Slope 7 ft. 18 ft. 4 tons
Modified from Bradley (1995)

 

 

 

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