Genus
Valid Extinct

Colepiocephale

Sullivan 2003

Colepiocephale is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from Late Cretaceous deposits of Alberta, Canada. It was collected from the Foremost Formation. The type species, C. lambei, was originally described by Sternberg in 1945 as Stegoceras lambei, and later renamed by Sullivan in 2003. C. lambei is a domed pachycephalosaur characterized principally by the lack of a lateral and posteriosquamosal shelf, a steeply down-turned parietal, and the presence of two incipient nodes tucked under the posterior margin of the parietosquamosal border.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Colepiocephale
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Stegoceras lambei Sternberg, n. sp. Holotype, G.S.C. no. 8818, superior and lateral view, X1. © C. M. Sternberg · Public domain · 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
Colepiocephale Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
4
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
4
Species (1)
Colepiocephale lambei 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. M. Sullivan. 2003. Revision of the dinosaur Stegoceras Lambe (Ornithischia, Pachycephalosauridae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):181-207 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
R. M. Sullivan. 2003. Revision of the dinosaur Stegoceras Lambe (Ornithischia, Pachycephalosauridae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):181-207 DOI ↗
C. M. Sternberg. 1945. Pachycephalosauridae proposed for dome-headed dinosaurs, Stegoceras lambei, n. sp., described. Journal of Paleontology 19(5):534-538