Paleontologists say the fossils they have analyzed are roughly 85 million years old

May 8, 2013 08:41 GMT  ·  By

Paleontologists claim to have discovered a new species of so-called bone-headed dinosaur in present-day Alberta, Canada. The species is now referred to by specialists as pachycephalosaur.

By the looks of it, the fossil remains analyzed by paleontologists are roughly 85 million years old. This means that this particular species is the oldest ever found.

“Approximately six feet long (1.82 meters) and weighing about 40 kilograms (88.2 pounds) in life, the newly identified plant-eating dinosaur represents the oldest bone-headed dinosaur in North America, and possibly the world,” reads the official website for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

The dinosaur's skull is shaped like a dome, and is made up of a bone whose thickness measures about 5 centimeters (roughly 2 inches).

Specialists suspect that the dinosaur used to head-butt others on a fairly regular basis, either to prove a point or to simply show off.