作为厚头龙科,孔头龙是种颅骨具有增厚圆顶的小型双足植食动物。2016年,格雷戈里·保罗(英语:Gregory S. Paul)估计其长1.5米(4.9英尺)、重10公斤(22英磅)。[2]孔头龙圆顶表面有许多小孔,而圆顶本身则是由一个额骨部分倾斜的大型“中瓣”及前部一对较小的“侧叶”构成。[3]鳞骨在圆顶底部形成一圈高耸且完全光滑的骨质隆起,此外圆顶底部还排列着六个骨瘤,正下方还有一个额外的“尖角状”骨瘤。这些特征将孔头龙与所有其它厚头龙科区分开来。[1]
贝利河群(英语:Belly River Group)的厚头龙类遗骸尤为丰富,所有已知厚头龙类化石中,有70%出自该区域。由于对厚头龙类个体发育缺乏认知,很多研究者先后将该材料从短体剑角龙这一个物种归入四个不同属。这对晚白垩世食植恐龙的生物多样性具有重要意义。2016年的孔头龙描述从贝利河群鉴别出四个不同的厚头龙类物种:剑角龙、孔头龙、汉苏斯龙与结头龙,尽管归入汉苏斯龙的标本可能代表不只一个物种。[1]
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