Daily Dino Fact: And you thought Horns was hard-headed…
Q: Which dinosaur had the hardest skull? -salmonues
A: Great question! I wish I had a much better answer for you. If you had asked this about 10 years ago I could say without question that the hardest skull belonged to Pachycephalosaur. These creatures had big, round domed skulls that paleontologists used to think were used for head-butting. The myth is that these heads could absorb tremendous amounts of impact. This is no longer found to be true.
Although some of the domes are up to seven inches thick, the biological composition is different than what we used to think. The domes were actually quite porous, allowing for many blood vessels to run through it. It would have been very dangerous for a pachycephalosaur to used their heads for ramming. Still, these guys had some thick ol’ skulls so they should probably get the award for this one.
-Rex
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August 31st, 2009 at 10:13 am
Cool!Up to what age could a dino live?
August 31st, 2009 at 10:22 am
hey rex, i dident get the free item from the ice cream party
August 31st, 2009 at 11:24 am
Seven inches thick = 1 hard head.
August 31st, 2009 at 11:30 am
was there a dino saur that never did anything
August 31st, 2009 at 11:31 am
You think of me as hard headed? look at stretch! hes about as hard headed as that guy!
XD lol!
(What i think horns would say)
~caden~
August 31st, 2009 at 11:39 am
What was the weakest dinosaur?
August 31st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
witch dino was the tallest please anwser
August 31st, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Wow, that’s amazing. Do you think we could get this as a new starting dino?
August 31st, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Do we have any information on how dinosaurs used to communicate? - Chipmunk
August 31st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
How sharp were dinosaurs teeth?
-PERcY
August 31st, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Which dinosaur ate the most?
August 31st, 2009 at 6:12 pm
cool
September 1st, 2009 at 10:17 am
well that means they maybe hadn’t used those heads for a Headbutt P:
Mmhhh but why would they need such hard skull…
lol I like the title xD
September 2nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Lol hard headed hahahahaha lol how do you get the pictures anyways?