Genus: Dracorex BAKKER, SULLIVAN, PORTER, LARSON & SAULSBURY,
2006
Etymology: Latin, darco, "dragon," and Latin, rex, "king": Dragon King.
Species: hogwartsia BAKKER,
SULLIVAN, PORTER, LARSON & SAULSBURY, 2006
Etymology: After the fictional "Hogwarts Academy," invention of author
J. K. Rowling, the species name is in honor of her contribution to children's
education
and the joy of exploration.
Holotype: TCMI 2004.17.1
Locality: Exact location reserved for qualified workers, South Dakota.
Horizon: Middle part of the Hell Creek Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lancian age, upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Nearly complete skull, one lower tooth, 1st, 3rd, 8th and 9th cervical vertebrae.
This illustration is by permission of Robert T. Bakker.
Referred material:
STEIN, 2021
Locality: Tooth Draw Deposit, Butte County, South Dakota.
Horizon: Hell Creek Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lancian age, upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
TD-16-260: Atalas intercentrum possibly from Dracorex.