Colepiocephale

Col-e-pe-o-sef-a-ley.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Colepiocephale ‭(‬Knucklehead‭)‬.

Phonetic

Col-e-pe-o-sef-a-ley.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Pachycephalosauria,‭ ‬Pachycephalosauridae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

C.‭ ‬lambei‭

Size

Roughly estimated at about‭ ‬1‭ ‬meter long.

Known locations

Canada,‭ ‬Alberta‭ ‬-‭ ‬Foremost Formation.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull dome.

In Depth

       First named as a species of Stegoceras,‭ ‬Colepiocephale appears to have been a small genus of pachycephalosaur dinosaur that lived in Canada during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Unfortunately Colepiocephale is still only known from a partial skull dome,‭ ‬so the exact size of the living dinosaur is still unknown,‭ ‬but estimated to be around the one meter mark.

Further Reading

Revision of the dinosaur Stegoceras Lambe‭ (‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Pachycephalosauridae‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬23:‭ ‬181‭–‬207‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Sullivan‭ ‬-‭ ‬2003.

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