Species
Valid Extinct

Ferenceratops shqiperorum

Maidment et al. 2026

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
9
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Ferenceratops Genus
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Ferenceratops shqiperorum Species
Fossil sites 9 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇴 Romania
9
Geological formations
Densuș-Ciula
3
Sebeş
2
Jibou
1
Râul Mare
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
9
Synonyms (1)
Zalmoxes shqiperorum replaced by Ferenceratops shqiperorum
Bibliography
Original description
S. C. R. Maidment, R. J. Butler, and S. L. Brusatte, L. E. Meade, F. J. Augustin, Z. Csiki-Sava, A. Ősi. 2026. A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe. Nature DOI ↗
Bibliography (6)
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S. Brusatte, M. Vremir, and A. Watanabe, Z. Csiki-Sava, D. Naish, G. J. Dyke, G. M. Erickson, M. A. Norell. 2013. An infant ornithopod dinosaur tibia from the Late Cretaceous of Sebes, Romania. Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 5:627-644
V. Codrea, M. Vremir, and C. Jipa, P. Godefroit, Z. Csiki, T. Smith, C. Farcas. 2010. More than just Nopcsa's Transylvanian dinosaurs: A look outside the Hateg Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293:391-405 DOI ↗
Z. Csiki, A. Ionescu, and D. Grigorescu. 2008. The Budurone microvertebrate site from the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin – flora, fauna, taphonomy and paleoenvironment. Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 6:49-66
M. Delfino, V. Codrea, and A. Folie, P. Dica, P. Godefroit, T. Smith. 2008. A complete skull of Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Eusuchia) and a reassessment of the morphology of the taxon based on the Romanian remains. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(1):111-122 DOI ↗
D. B. Weishampel, C.-M. Jianu, and Z. Csiki, D. B. Norman. 2003. Osteology and phylogeny of Zalmoxes (n. g.), an unusual euornithopod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of Romania. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(2):65-123 DOI ↗