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dome-headed dinosaur
Sinocephale
Say it like this: “SI-no-SEPH-uh-lee”
Sinocephale bexelli
Sinocephale ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 93.9 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Evans, D. C.; Brown, C. M.; You, H.; Campione, N. E.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Ulansuhai
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- dome-headed dinosaur · Pachycephalosaur
- Family branch
- Pachycephalosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Sinocephale dates to 2021, the year D. C. Evans and colleagues described it. The name means “chinese head.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian · Santonian), roughly 93.9 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Ulansuhai Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Sinocephale are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Pachycephalosaurinae, among the dome-headed dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acrotholus
Acrotholus audeti
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
Alaskacephale
Alaskacephale gangloffi
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Brontotholus
Brontotholus harmoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago