The Zavacephale rinpoche fossil contains the first hand digit (finger) bones ever reported for any pachycephalosaur.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent reputable sources (Scientific American, Smithsonian, ScienceAlert, EarthSky, Everything Dinosaur) corroborate the claim that Zavacephale rinpoche preserves the first known pachycephalosaur hand/finger bones.
Sources
- Dome-headed dinosaurs are rare. Scientists just found the most ... (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oldest-known-pachycephalosaur-fossil-discovered-in-mongolia/ (scientificamerican.com)
- https://www.sciencealert.com/stunningly-complete-dome-headed-dinosaur-emerges-from-the-sands-of-mongolia (sciencealert.com)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paleontologists-discover-earliest-known-dome-headed-dinosaur-in-excellent-condition-shedding-light-on-its-mysterious-anatomy-180987367/ (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://blog.everythingdinosaur.com/blog/_archives/2025/09/18/beautiful-pachycephalosaur-fossils-from-the-gobi-desert-lead-to-a-new-species.html (blog.everythingdinosaur.com)
- https://earthsky.org/earth/new-pachycephalosaur-zavacephale-rinpoche-dome-headed-dinosaur-mongolia/ (earthsky.org)