How It Works-Book Of Dinosaurs

DID YOU KNOW? The Jurassic Coast in South-West England stretches 96 miles long

Bow down to the royalty!

Pachycephalosaurus wore

a crown of spikes on

its head, which was

armoured by a large,

bony dome

Fact

Dino skill

Pachycephalosaurus would use its domed head to ram

the sides of other animals that attacked it.

Killer rating: 1/5

Speed: 2/5

Defence: 3/5

Pachycephalosaurus

Pachycephalosaurus

(‘Thick-headed lizard’)

Herbivore

Late Cretaceous, 65-75 MYA

Found in: North America, Isle of Wight,

Mongolia, Madagascar

Lived in: Coastal regions

Armoured skull

Bony dome protected

its small brain

Running from danger

Despite the powerful legs,

Pachycephalosaurus was not

much of a sprinter, although its

fi rst line of defence from

attackers would have been to run

Fighting fi t

Some scientists think they

used their thick skulls for

fi ghting each other

Five fi ngers

Hands with fi ve-fi ngered claws

Herd life

Pachycephalosaurus found additional safety in

numbers – they lived in herds, feeding on plants

with their small, sharp teeth

Big eyes

It had large eyes compared to

many other dinosaurs