Dome-headed Dinos Battled with Their Heads

Fossilized skulls of dome-headed dinosaurs retain signs of injuries from violent head butting or head shoving.

The dinosaurs, known as pachycephalosaurs (meaning “thick-headed lizards”) have long puzzled paleontologists, who wondered why the heads of these dinosaurs looked to have built-in football helmets.

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    ^^ What she said. Not. New. Paleontology. Gimme moar feathers!!
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    we was talkin about this shit when i was 6 yo 1996 we knew pachycephalosaurus was bangin heads this ain’t news this aint...
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    I recently attended a dinosaur exhibit which had opened a few months back. It contained a display stating that...
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