Paleontologists have uncovered the oldest and most complete dome-headed dinosaur fossils to date in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. The fossils, which are between 108 million and 115 million years old, push ... Smithsonian Magazine: What Do You Get a Museum That Has Almost Everything for the Holidays?

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One of the Most Spectacular Dome-Headed Dinosaur Skulls Ever Unearthed What Do You Get a Museum That Has Almost Everything for the Holidays? One of the Most Spectacular Dome-Headed Dinosaur Skulls Ever Unearthed The recently acquired skull of the dome-headed dinosaur Pachycephalosaurus. USNM PAL 803273, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Eric and Wendy Schmidt.

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Photo by James D. A rare dinosaur skull will soon go on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, but the fossil will not be on view for long. The near-complete skull of a Pachycephalosaurus, a ... MSN: Oldest-known dome-headed dinosaur discovered sticking out of a cliff in Mongolia's Gobi Desert Oldest-known dome-headed dinosaur discovered sticking out of a cliff in Mongolia's Gobi Desert