World of Dinosaurs/Akainacephalus
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An Akainacephalus skeleton. 
Basics[edit | edit source]
Akainacephalus means "Spike Head".
It lived during the Cretaceous.
Anatomy[edit | edit source]
It walked on four legs.
It was covered in armor.
It had spikes and horns covering its skull.
It had a large club tail.
Phylogeny[edit | edit source]
Akainacephalus is an ankylosaurids.
All ankylosaurids are dinosaurs.
All dinosaurs are amniotes and all dinosaurs are tetrapods.
Biomechanics[edit | edit source]
Akainacephalus had a large club tail made of bone that it could have used to discourage predators.
It also had bony plates (osteoderms) covering it in protective armor.
Fossil Record[edit | edit source]
It was found in Utah, in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Park.
Ecology[edit | edit source]
Flowering plants had evolved by this point.
Biogeography[edit | edit source]
At this time the continent was a large island continent.