Pachycephalosaurus

Pachycephalosaurus
Name meaning	Thick Headed lizard
Diet	Vegetation
Height	approx 4 to 6 ft
Length	4.5 to 5 metres (15 to 16 ft)
Weight	2 tons
Birth Type	Egg
Range	Isla Sorna
Novel appearances	The Lost World
Film appearances	The Lost World: Jurassic Park

From Jurassic Park wiki

"You're coming up on a...a Pachy... a pachy... oh, hell. Uh, the fathead with the bald spot. Friar Tuck!" -Roland Tembo

Pachycephalosaurus was a medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous period, 89 to 75 million years ago, in North America. They are famous as "bone-head" dinosaurs, due to the 10-inch thick rounded plate of bone in their foreheads. Contrary to popular belief, Pachycephalosaurus probably did not butt heads with each other.

Scientists do not yet know what these dinosaurs ate. Having very small, ridged teeth they could not have chewed tough, fibrous plants as effectively as other dinosaurs of the same period. It is assumed that pachycephalosaurs lived on a mixed diet of leaves, seeds, fruits. The sharp, serrated teeth would have been very effective for shredding plants.

[edit] In The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Pachycephalosaurus was seen ramming into hunters and equipment. They were, however, only half the size of real Pachycephalosaurs. A possible explanation was that these individuals were not fully grown. Roland had nicknamed the Friar Tuck, as he could not pronounce its real name. of course its appearence in films makes it a very popular animal. This animal has made an appearence repeatedly in The Land Before Time films. Even this is the ultimate universal animal.

[edit] In The Lost World (novel)

[edit] The Herd

King Came around a corner, and saw a heard of anamials in the road. They were some kind of green dinosaur, about 4ft tall, with bid domed heads and a bunch of little horns, that smooth bulging curve on the forehead and all those little horns. The front bumper nudged the nearest animal, which grunted, took a couple of steps back, lowered it's head and butted the front of of the car with a metallic clang! He opened the door, and climbed out, the animals jumped to their feet and the nearest one charged him. He had the door open; the animal smashed into it, slamming it shut, leaving a deep dent in the metal. He ran around the back of the car, just as another smashed into the rear taillight, shattering the plastic. A third animal charged the back of the car directly. King scrambled up onto the spare tire, as it slammed into the bumper. The jolt knocked him off, and he fell to the ground, rolling while the Pachycephalosaurus snorted all around him.

[edit] Dodgeson

"Is Levine there?" The radio clicked. Harding said, "Ask him if there's any danger from a green dinosaur that's about 4 ft tall and has a domed forehead." Levine nodded. "Tell her yes. There called Pachycephalosaurus" "Why?" "Because there's about 50 of them all around the car."

[edit] Explorer

Now the puddle had become a mudhole, thanks to the dozen or so animals that sat in it. These were the green dome-headed that she had been watching. She had watched the Pachycephalosaurus with uneasiness. "Levine says nobody knows anything about these animals, Sarah" "Great," she said. "Levine says a complete skeleton has never been recovered. So nobody has even a guess about their behavior, except that they're probably aggressive."

Suddenly one of the animals charged the trunk of the tree she was in, butting it hard. The impact was suprisingly forcefull. She struggled to hold on. Oh shit, she thought. Then she hit the ground, right beside the animals.

Sarah Harding was underneath the car, and now she was staring out at the animals feet. The pachys were stamping and snorting, Trying to get at her under the car. The nearest pachys snorted and banged on the bumper. They leaned down and twisted their heads, trying to get to her. "They have very bad breath," she said. Suddenly, they all thundered off.

[edit] In Video Games

[edit] In Operation Genesis

Pachycephalosaurus is a dinosaur in the game Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis as a two-star small herbivore, at closer to its correct length than those of the movie. It is the primary dinosaur that the player must create to endorse more new dinosaurs. It will fight against each other, although they never seriously injure each other. They also use their hard heads to attack small carnivores.

[edit] Dino Trivia

Q: Where have dome-headed dinosaurs been found?

A: Dome-headed dinosaurs like Pachycephalosaurus have been found in North America, Asia, and as far away as the island of Madagascar off the coast of africa.

Warpath Dinosaurs
Acrocanthosaurus • Albertosaurus • Ankylosaurus • Carcharodontosaurus • Cryolophosaurus • Giganotosaurus • Megaraptor • Pachycephalosaurus • Spinosaurus • Stygimoloch • Styracosaurus • Suchomimus • Triceratops • Tyrannosaurus rex