Ferganocephale

Say it: fur-GAN-oh-SEH-fuh-lee

Name means: “Fergana head”1

Ate: PlantsBeaked plant-eatersMiddle Jurassic

Ferganocephale was a small, plant-eating dinosaur that lived about 165 million years ago. It is known only from a few teeth found in Kyrgyzstan. Scientists are not sure exactly what it looked like because they have not found many bones.1 3

Lived

165 to 162 million years ago3

Middle Jurassic

Fossils found in

Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan1 2

Food

Plants1 3

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

cool stuff

Fun facts

Ferganocephale is known only from teeth. No other bones have been found yet.1

Its name means 'Fergana head' because it was found in the Fergana Valley in Kyrgyzstan.1

Some scientists think Ferganocephale might be a pachycephalosaur, a group of dome-headed dinosaurs. But others are not sure because the teeth are too incomplete.1

The teeth of Ferganocephale have no serrations along the edges. This is unusual for an ornithischian dinosaur.2

Ferganocephale lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 165 million years ago.1 3

AI-made picture of Ferganocephale — An AI-made picture of how Ferganocephale might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Ferganocephale

?What did Ferganocephale eat?

It was a plant-eating dinosaur, called an herbivore.3

?How big was Ferganocephale?

Nobody knows for sure because only a few teeth have been found, but it was probably a small dinosaur.1

?Is Ferganocephale a real dinosaur?

Some scientists think it is, but others say it is a nomen dubium (doubtful name) because the teeth are too incomplete to be sure.1

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Myth buster

Myth: Some people think Ferganocephale was definitely a dome-headed dinosaur (pachycephalosaur).

Truth: Scientists now disagree. Many think the teeth are too few and worn to be sure it was a pachycephalosaur. It might be a different kind of ornithischian.1

For dino experts

Scientific name: Ferganocephale
Named by: Averianov et al. 20053
Group: Beaked plant-eaters
Family / clade: Ornithischia3
Classification: Ornithischia3
Age of the rocks: 165 to 162 million years (Callovian)3
Rock formations: Balabansai3
Countries: Kyrgyzstan3
Fossil records: 3 in the Paleobiology Database3
Discovery: Ferganocephale was named in 2005 by Alexander Averianov, Thomas Martin, and A. A. Bakirov. They described it from teeth found in the Balabansai Svita rock formation in Kyrgyzstan.1 3
Still debated: Scientists still debate whether Ferganocephale was a pachycephalosaur or another kind of ornithischian dinosaur. The only fossils are a few teeth, so its true classification is uncertain.1

Where the facts come from

Ferganocephale (en.wikipedia.org)
PTEROSAUR AND DINOSAUR REMAINS FROM THE (lesdinos.free.fr)
Ferganocephale in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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