Genus
Valid Extinct

Sinocephale

Evans et al. 2021

Sinocephale is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that lived in what is now Inner Mongolia, China, during the Cretaceous period. The genus contains a single species, Sinocephale bexelli, which was originally named as a species of the genus Troodon in 1953, and later transferred to the genus Stegoceras in 1964. After decades of being considered dubious, it was re-evaluated in 2021 and recognised as a valid taxon, being given its own genus, Sinocephale. The original holotype was lost, with modern research conducted using rediscovered plaster casts.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Sinocephale
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Lateral diagram of the skull of Sinocephale bexelli (Bohlin, 1953) with unknown regions (grey) restored after Stegoceras © IJReid · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Marginocephalia Unranked clade
Pachycephalosauria Suborder
Pachycephalosauridae Family
Sinocephale Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Ulansuhai
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Sinocephale bexelli 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
D. C. Evans, C. M. Brown, and H. You, N. E. Campione. 2021. Description and revised diagnosis of Asia's first recorded pachycephalosaurid, Sinocephale bexelli gen. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 58(10) DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
D. C. Evans, C. M. Brown, and H. You, N. E. Campione. 2021. Description and revised diagnosis of Asia's first recorded pachycephalosaurid, Sinocephale bexelli gen. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 58(10) DOI ↗