Here's a nice video about pachycephalosaurs describing a little exercise in taxonomic consolidation.
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tags: dinosaur, fossil, Children's Museum of Indianapolis, pachycephalosaur, Dracorex hogwartsia, Harry Potter
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Image: Drawing by paleontologist Robert Bakker, provided by the Children's Museum of…
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