Dracorex

* Dinosaurs Battle World Championship
* Paleoart

***Dracorex*** is a controversial dinosaur genus of the family Pachycephalosauridae, from the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous of North America. The type (and only known) species is *Dracorex hogwartsia*, meaning "dragon king of Hogwarts". This dinosaur is named for the wizard school in the *Harry Potter* books. It is known from one nearly complete skull (the holotype TCMI 2004.17.1), as well as four cervical vertebrae: the atlas, third, eighth and ninth. These were discovered in the Hell Creek Formation in South Dakota by three amateur paleontologists from Sioux City, in the U.S. state of Iowa. The skull was subsequently donated to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis for study in 2004, and was formally described by Bob Bakker and Robert Sullivan in 2006. However, Jack Horner *et al.* suspect that it is a juvenile *Pachycephalosaurus* and an analysis of pachycephalosaur fossils by a joint team from the University of California, Berkeley and the Museum of the Rockies has questioned the validity of two named genera of pachycephalosaur, *Dracorex* and *Stygimoloch*. According to the team, specimens of *Dracorex* and *Stygimoloch* might actually represent earlier growth stages of *Pachycephalosaurus*. This has been supported in a 2016 analysis of the youngest *Pachycephalosaurus* material known, which indicates that the unique features of *Dracorex* instead represent ontogenetically variant features on a *Pachycephalosaurus* growth curve.

Dracorex's weapon

## Appearance

### In the Mesozoic World

*Dracorex* measures up to 3 meters and weights 600 kilograms. Fossils of this dinosaur were found in Iowa, Montana and South Dakota of the Late Cretaceous during the Maastrichtian stage, precisely the Lance Formation and the Hell Creek Formation. The habitat were the herbivore lives are forests and swamps. Whenever or not it is a juvenile *Pachycephalosaurus* is debated. It is often preyed by *Tyrannosaurus rex*, *Quetzalcoatlus* and *Dakotaraptor*. Other herbivores living alongside this species are *Triceratops*, *Torosaurus*, *Ankylosaurus* and *Edmontosaurus*.

### In the Dinosaurs Battle World Championship

In the championship, the *Dracorex* is brown with mahogany on its back and purple on the front head and its legs. Its head resemble little more of a *Stygimoloch* for unknown reasons. During the fight it can be seen as a pair or a trio, depending on the dinosaur size. The *Dracorex* inhabit the savannah biome, where they can be spotted as a group. They are not spotted often due to their shy nature, although thanks to its cousin *Pachycephalosaurus*, we suspected what their way of life could be. They also headbutt each other during mating season and camouflage in its environment to escape from predators like *Siamosaurus* and *Dilophosaurus*. Interestingly, this species seem to form a relationship with another shy dinosaur, the *Chungkingosaurus*.

### Fight with Oviraptor

The episode begins with two *Oviraptors* wandering onto the battlefield and screeching. Then, two *Dracorexes* also wander onto the battlefield and roar. The two duos stare at each other for a moment. The *Dracorexes* roar and run towards the *Oviraptors*. The *Oviraptors* sprint towards the *Dracorexes* and run a circle around them. The *Dracorexes* turn around and try to get a hit off, but the *Oviraptors* leap over them before the *Dracorexes* can do anything. They lock their talons in, leap backwards off each other's foot, and land on the *Dracorexes* backs. They bite continuously before getting knocked off.

The *Oviraptors* go in opposite directions to get more hits on the *Dracorexes*. One of the *Dracorexes*, however, swings its head, making one of the *Oviraptors* leap into the air. The other *Dracorex* swings its tail, making the other *Oviraptor* leap into the air as well. Both of the *Oviraptors* dive down to try and land hits on the *Dracorexes*. The *Dracorexes*, however, headbutt the *Oviraptors* and throw them back into the air, making the *Oviraptors* crash into each other and drop to the floor, dizzy. The *Dracorexes* then close in and try to go in for the finishing blows, but the *Oviraptors* leap out of the way, making the two *Dracorexes* headbutt each other.

The *Oviraptors* run a circle around the *Dracorexes* again and slash at the *Dracorexes* continuously. One of the *Dracorexes* turns around and tries to headbutt one of the *Oviraptors*, but the *Oviraptor* simply leaps out of the way. The other *Oviraptor* leaps into the air and is about to get the finishing blow on the *Dracorex*, but the other *Dracorex* leaps into the air and headbutts the *Oviraptor* in the stomach, killing the *Oviraptor* instantly. The other *Oviraptor* tries to attack the *Dracorex* from the side, but the other *Dracorex* is about to headbutt the *Oviraptor* in the leg, forcing the *Oviraptor* to leap out of the way, straight into the other *Dracorex*. The *Dracorex* headbutts the leg of the *Oviraptor*, making it go flying towards the ground, crippled. The two *Dracorexes* nod and run towards the *Oviraptor*. The *Oviraptor* tries to get up, but falls back down, helpless. The *Dracorexes* then leap into the air, bite down on each other's tail, and roll towards the *Oviraptor*. The *Oviraptor* screeches in terror as it gets crushed. The *Dracorex* duo let go of each other's tail and watch as the *Oviraptor* collapses to the ground, dead. The *Dracorexes* then roar in victory.

### Fight with Brachiosaurus

Two *Dracorexes* step forward and roar. The two look back as a third *Dracorex* comes up to them. The new *Dracorex* nods at the other two and gets accepted to fight. *Brachiosaurus* steps forward, loudly bellows and walks towards the three *Dracorexes* slightly lowering its neck and head. The three dinosaurs run to the *Brachiosaurus* but the big guy quickly turns around and with its tail sends 2 *Dracorexes* at a distance from his left and the other at his right side. Quickly the platforms rise where all the *Dracorexes* stand at. The three juvenile *Pachycephalosauruses* nod to each other. Quickly the sauropod tries to hit two of the *Dracorexes* with its tail but the two *Dracorexes* quickly jump into the air dodging the *Brachiosaurus* attack.

In the air the two *Dracorexes* quickly charge at the *Brachiosaurus* wounds in his ribs and headbutt the *Brachiosaurus* with their armored dome, both *Dracorexes* land on the ground. As soon as the two *Dracorexes* touch the ground the sauropod turns around hitting them with its tail. The third one jumps into the air from its platform aiming at the dinosaur's neck. The *Brachiosaurus* dodges the hit but the third *Dracorex* lands next to both its fellow one. The *Brachiosaurus* quickly stands on his two hind legs and tries to crush the three *Dracorexes* with its front legs but the *Dracorexes* quickly run to a lifted platform, the other on the arenas normal floor dodging the stomp, where the *Brachiosaurus's* front legs stomped the platform rises and the platform where the two *Dracorexes* stands at rises more. The *Dracorex* on the flat floor runs to one of the *Brachiosaurus* legs headbutting it with its armored dome. The *Brachiosaurus* turns its neck and head to the *Dracorex* that hitted its leg and bellows while the other two jump into the air.

Mid air the two *Dracorexes* stand on each others paws. Both jump again one of the *Dracorex* headbutts the *Brachiosaurus* neck, who bellows loudly in pain and falls on its side to the ground. Suddenly, the platform where the *Brachiosaurus* lays lifts up. The sauropod tries to stand up but can't since the platform is to small for its body. Two *Dracorexes* jump onto the longneck's back, jump to the air and aim their domes to its face. But it quickly rolls out of the platform dodging the marginocephalians's attack . Both *Dracorexes* land where the third one stands at. *Brachiosaurus* lands on its legs on the flat surface but the platform rises up. It looks down and turns its head to the three *Dracorexes, which t*he latters jump into the air.

One of the *Dracorexes* stands on the other two, jumps and aims its dome to the *Brachiosaurus's* neck. The *Brachiosaurus* sees this, bellows, and with its crest-like bone aims to the *Dracorex's* dome. Both dinosaurs hit each other as the *Dracorexes* lands on a platform along with the other two. The giant *Brachiosaurus* falls on his stomach moving its head around dizzy. The *Brachiosaurus* looks at the three *Dracorexes* dizzy and hallucinating, seeing nine of them instead of three. The *Brachiosaurus* moves its head and its vision goes back to normal. The three *Dracorexes* roar and jump to the air aiming at the *Brachiosaurus*. The three *Dracorexes* land on the *Brachiosaurus's* back and jump back into the air. The three aim their domes down at the *Brachiosaurus's* neck.

One of the *Dracorexes* hits the right side of the *Brachiosaurus's* neck. The other hits the left side of the neck and the third one headbutts the necks start, provoking the *Brachiosaurus* to bellows in pain. The three *Dracorexes* jump to the air and stand on each others paws, one of them aims its dome to the *Brachiosaurus*. However, the jurassic beat stops the attack with one of its front legs bottom part standing on its hind legs. The *Brachiosaurus* bellows and pulls its front leg down on the platform along with the *Dracorex* smashing its head brutally killing it. Quickly The platforms rise more. The *Brachiosaurus* turns around almost hitting the *Dracorex* with its tail but, the *Dracorex* jump into the air dodging the attack. The *Dracorexes* bite each others tail end, and roll to the *Brachiosaurus's* back leaving scratches of blood or wounds on the *Brachiosaurus*, the latter bellows in pain looking at its wounds.

Quickly the two *Dracorexes* roll towards the *Brachiosaurus* chest, but the latter stands on his hind legs. The *Dracorexes* roll almost impaling *Brachiosaurus* chest only to crush one of them with its two front legs. Both *Dracorexes* roll out landing on the battle stage. The last remaining one soon notices the other is dead and roars in fury. It turns its head around and to its suprise the last thing he sees is the *Brachiosaurus* front legs. The *Brachiosaurus* crushes the last living *Dracorex* with its front legs killing the dinosaur.

## Stage Locations

* Savannah
* Crystal Cave