Outline: a typical pachycephalosaur
Hanssuesia
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Pachycephalosaurs, Pachycephalosauridae
- Named by
- Sullivan 2003
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
No finds with map coordinates are recorded yet.
Field notes
About Hanssuesia
What it was like
Hanssuesia was a dome-headed dinosaur, known from thick skull domes. Its dome was broad and fairly low.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now western North America.
How it was found
Sullivan named Hanssuesia in 2003 for domes that had long been placed in Stegoceras. Some scientists still think it belongs in Stegoceras.
Close relatives
Other members of Pachycephalosauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: R. M. Sullivan. 2003. Hanssuesia, the correct generic name for 'Hanssuessia' Sullivan, 2003. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):714