Dinosaurs · Pachycephalosaur

Goyocephale

Say it goy-oh-keff-ah-lee. The name means ‘decorated head’.

Goyocephale beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of pachycephalosaurs
Length
2 m
Diet
Plant-eater
When
Late Cretaceous81 to 75 million years ago
Fossils found in
Mongolia
Named by
Perle, Maryańska and Osmólska (1982)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Neornithischia › Cerapoda › Marginocephalia › Pachycephalosauria › Goyocephala
TriassicJurassicCretaceousGoyocephale252 Ma66 Ma
Where Goyocephale sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Pachycephalosaurs. Two-legged plant-eaters with thick, domed skulls. See all 8

Lived at the same time

Other pachycephalosaurs

Source: Goyocephale in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.