Ferganocephale

Fer-gan-o-sef-ah-le.
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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

Ferganocephale ‭(‬Fergana Province head‭)‬.

Phonetic

Fer-gan-o-sef-ah-le.

Named By

A.‭ ‬O.‭ ‬Averianov,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Martin‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Bakirov‭ ‬-‭ ‬2005.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Neornithischia,‭ ‬Pachycephalosauria.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

F.‭ ‬adenticulatum‭

Size

Unknown.

Known locations

Kyrgyzstan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Balabansai Formation.

Time Period

Callovian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Teeth.

In Depth

       Ferganocephale is a dinosaur tooth taxon that might represent one of the earliest appearances of a pachycephalosaurid dinosaur.‭ ‬However,‭ ‬some researchers consider the teeth attributed to Ferganocephale to not be diagnostic enough to represent a new genus,‭ ‬and prefer to treat it as a Nomen dubium.‭ ‬Indeed,‭ ‬this is a common interpretation of all animals that are known only from teeth.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Pterosaur and dinosaur remains from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the northern Fergana depression,‭ ‬Kyrgyzstan‭ (‬central Asia‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontology‭ ‬48‭(‬1‭)‬:135-155‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬O.‭ ‬Averianov,‭ ‬T.‭ ‬Martin‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Bakirov‭ ‬-‭ ‬2005.

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