Colepiocephale

Colepiocephale Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 80–77.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	†Ornithischia
Suborder:	†Pachycephalosauria
Family:	†Pachycephalosauridae
Genus:	†Colepiocephale Sullivan, 2003
Species:	† C. lambei
Binomial name
Colepiocephale lambei (Sternberg, 1945 [originally Stegoceras lambei])

Colepiocephale is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian stage) deposits of Alberta, Canada. It was collected from the Foremost Formation (middle Campanian, 80-77.5 ma). 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.

See also

• Timeline of pachycephalosaur research