Ferganocephale

*Taxobox|
name = "Ferganocephale"|
fossil_range = Middle Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Ornithischia
subordo = Marginocephalia
infraordo = Pachycephalosauria
familia = Pachycephalosauridae
genus = "Ferganocephale"
species = "F. adenticulatum"
binomial = "Ferganocephale adenticulatum"
binomial_authority = 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" [http://www.robertmsullivanphd.com/uploads/130_Sullivan__2006__-Pachycephalosauridae.pdf] .

References

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/pachycephalosauria.htm Pachycephalosauria]
* [http://www.robertmsullivanphd.com/uploads/130_Sullivan__2006__-Pachycephalosauridae.pdf Sullivan, Robert M. A Taxonomic Review of the Pachycephalosauridae. State Museum of Pennsylvania. 2006.]