Talk:Pachycephalosauria

message: * Any dino-experts know where Dracorex hogwartsia fits into all of this? - Seinfreak37 16:49, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Dracorex hogwartsia''

message: I can't find any consistent data on the height of common Pachycephalosaurids (Pachycephalosaurus, Dracorex, Stygimoloch, etc.). A google search will reveal often conflicting data. I've gotten results stating that a Pachycephalosaurus is thigh-high, and other results ballparking the dinosaur to be as large as a Tyrannosaur. More often than not, only the length of the pachycephalosaurid is listed. This is the case in the majority (if not all) of the relevant Wikipedia articles.
Thus, if you have any conclusive evidence on the height of the various pachycephalosaurid species, please do add them appropriately. Qwo 23:12, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Height?

message: "They were all bipedal, herbivorous/omnivorous animals" -- I don't recall them ever being mentioned as anything but plain old herbivores. What's up with the mention of omnivory here? -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 10:51, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Herbivorous / omnivorous?

message: I think this article is comprehensive and very well presented. Very good.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by R. Rehor (talk • contribs) 10:04, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Praise 

message: The Homalocephale article still lists it as the sole representative of Homalocephalidae, but this page suggests the only pachycephalosaur family is Pachycephalosauridae, which includes Homalocephale. Is Homalocephalidae no longer favored among taxonomists? Jerkov (talk) 23:28, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Depends on the definition of Pachycephalosauridae being used. If it's the wide definition, Homalocephale is included and Homalocephalidae automatically becomes a junior synonym. If it's the narrower definition, Homalocephalidae can't be synonymised, though it's still monotypic. Dinoguy2 (talk) 05:17, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  No more Homalocephalidae 

message: The new paper by Longrich describing Texacephale concurs with Horner & Goodwin that flat-skulled pachys are juveniles of domed forms, concludes that Goyacephale and Wannanosaurus are juveniles, and sinks Homalocephale into Prenocephale. I've added notes explaining the situation to the affected articles. Dinoguy2 (talk) 21:02, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pachycephalosaur implosion continues 

message: "Sullivan considered attempts to restrict Maryańska and Osmólska naming of Pachycephalosauria redundant with their Pachycephalosauridae, since they were diagnosed by the same anatomical characters." - Perhaps it's just that my knowledge of the English language isn't good enough, but I really don't understand what exactly was meant to be said with this sentence? Can someone explain it to me? --77.77.250.84 (talk) 12:39, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  A sentence 

message: Sullivan 2006 argues that Pachycephalosauria is redundant in relation to Pachycephalosauridae, as they contain the same taxa. Not sure what most other researchers use, but should this article be moved accordingly? FunkMonk (talk) 01:05, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Generally, the only taxa separate is Wannanosaurus, as it is excluded from the normal Pachycephalosauridae. However, some analyses (Sullivan) find Wannanosaurus within Pachycephalosauridae, close to Goyocephale and Homalocephale. Regardless, Pachycephalosauridae is the more used name, and the differences are so slight, I would recommend moving Pachycephalosauria to Pachycephalosauridae. IJReid discuss 05:16, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems I overlooked the first cladogram: FunkMonk (talk) 06:19, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to Pachycephalosauridae? 

message: Were their wrists more flexible than theropods' or exactly the same (like if they can pronate or not)?184.186.4.209 (talk) 04:11, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not, which makes a few of the images used in this article inaccurate. FunkMonk (talk) 02:31, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrist flexibility

message: It has still not been confirmed that Stygimoloch is a junior synonym of Pachycephalosaurus yet it doesn't have its own article even though other species thought to be junior synonyms (such as Homalocephale) still have their own articles.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1001950cats$ (talk • contribs) 15:28, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Stygimoloch spinifer''