Colepiocephale (meaning "knucklehead") 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[1]), 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.[2]

Colepiocephale
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 80–77.5 Ma
Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Pachycephalosauria
Family: Pachycephalosauridae
Genus: Colepiocephale
Sullivan, 2003
Species:
C. lambei
Binomial name
Colepiocephale lambei
(Sternberg, 1945 [originally Stegoceras lambei])
Life reconstruction

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  1. ^ C. M. Sternberg. 1945. Pachycephalosauridae proposed for dome-headed dinosaurs, Stegoceras lambei, n. sp., described. Journal of Paleontology 19(5):534-538
  2. ^ Sullivan, R. M. (2003). "Revision of the dinosaur Stegoceras Lambe (Ornithischia, Pachycephalosauridae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23: 181–207. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[181:rotdsl]2.0.co;2.