Dinosaurs · Ceratopsian
Micropachycephalosaurus
Say it mike-row-pak-ee-keff-ah-loh-sore-us. The name means ‘tiny thick-headed lizard’.
- Length
- 0.6 m
- Diet
- Plant-eater
- When
- Late Cretaceous84 to 71 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong (1978)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Neornithischia › Cerapoda › Marginocephalia › Pachycephalosauria
Ceratopsians. Horned and frilled plant-eaters, such as Triceratops. See all 29
Lived at the same time
- Alectrosaurus · same country
- Archaeornithomimus · same country
- Bactrosaurus · same country
- Microceratus · same country
- Nanshiungosaurus · same country
- Sonidosaurus · same country
- Tanius · same country
- Tsintaosaurus · same country
Other ceratopsians
- Achelousaurus Late Cretaceous
- Bagaceratops Late Cretaceous
- Microceratus Late Cretaceous
- Udanoceratops Late Cretaceous
- Albertaceratops Late Cretaceous
- Avaceratops Late Cretaceous
- Centrosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Chasmosaurus Late Cretaceous
Source: Micropachycephalosaurus 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.