Ferganocephale

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Ferganocephale Fossil range: Middle Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Marginocephalia Infraorder: Pachycephalosauria Family: Pachycephalosauridae Genus: Ferganocephale Species: F. adenticulatum
Binomial name
Ferganocephale adenticulatum Averianov et al, 2005

Ferganocephale was possibly an early pachycephalosaurid dinosaur. It was from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan. The type species, Ferganocephale adenticulatum, was first described by Averianov, Martin, and Bakirov in 2005, and is based solely on teeth.

Sullivan, 2006, disputes the pachycephalosaur classification, fininding "few of the features [...] are characteristic of pachycephalosaur teeth," citing lack of serrations on the teeth, and concludes the specimens are "too incomplete for identification" [1].

[edit] References

• Pachycephalosauria
• Sullivan, Robert M. A Taxonomic Review of the Pachycephalosauridae. State Museum of Pennsylvania. 2006.