Yaverlandia: quick facts
Named for Yaverland Battery on the Isle of Wight, England. Yaverlandia is one of the earliest known and smallest pachycephalosaurs. Yaverlandia's skull identifies it as a bone-headed dinosaur, so-call
Period
Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
3.3 feet (1 meter)
Family
Pachycephalosauridae
Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.