Ferganocephale

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DV-0574Balabansai Fm., Kyrgyzstan

Ferganocephale

DV-0574 · type species Ferganocephale adenticulatum

Lived
165 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Early ornithischians
Found in
Kyrgyzstan
Named by
Averianov et al. 2005

Field notes

About Ferganocephale

Ferganocephale was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 165 to 162 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Ferganocephale, from Kyrgyzstan. Its fossils come from the Balabansai Formation. It was named by Averianov et al. in 2005.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

3 finds

165 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Ornithischia.

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