World of Dinosaurs/Akainacephalus
Basics
[edit | edit source]Akainacephalus means "Spike Head". It lived during the Cretaceous, and was a relative of Euoplocephalus.
Anatomy
[edit | edit source]It walked on four legs. It was covered in armor. It had spikes and horns covering its skull. And it had a large club tail.
Phylogeny
[edit | edit source]Akainacephalus is an ankylosaurid. All ankylosaurids are dinosaurs. All dinosaurs are ammonites and all dinosaurs are tetrapods.
Biomechanics
[edit | edit source]Akainacephalus had a large club tail made of bone that it could have used to discourage predators, like Utahraptor, who also lived in Utah at the same time. It also had bony plates (osteoderms) covering it in protective armor.
Fossil Record
[edit | edit source]It was found in Utah, in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Park.
Ecology
[edit | edit source]Flowering plants had evolved by this point.
Biogeography
[edit | edit source]At this time the continent was a large island continent.