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dome-headed dinosaur
Colepiocephale
Say it like this: “ko-lep-ee-o-SEF-uh-lee”
Colepiocephale lambei
Colepiocephale ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2003 · Sullivan, R. M.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.9 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Canada · Foremost
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- dome-headed dinosaur · Pachycephalosaur
- Family branch
- Pachycephalosauridae
The story in short
The genus Colepiocephale dates to 2003, the year R. M. Sullivan described it.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Foremost Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Colepiocephale at a length near 1.9 m.
On the family tree it sits in Pachycephalosauridae, among the dome-headed dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Amtocephale
Amtocephale gobiensis
Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 93.9 to 83.6 million years ago
Hanssuesia
Hanssuesia sternbergi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago