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Ferenceratops shqiperorum

Taxonomy
Ferenceratops shqiperorum was named by Maidment et al. (2026). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV R 4900, a partial skull (partial right dentary, partial dorsal vertebra, left scapula, partial left coracoid, fragment of ilium, right ischium, left distal ischium and left femur), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Zalmoxes shqiperorum Weishampel et al. p. 94 figs. 25-34
2004Zalmoxes shqiperorum Norman p. 414
2005Zalmoxes shqiperorum Bojar et al. p. 208
2005Zalmoxes shqiperorum Buffetaut p. 44
2005Zalmoxes shqiperorum Grigorescu p. 204
2006Zalmoxes shqiperorum Dalla Vecchia p. 12
2006Zalmoxes shqiperorum Sachs and Hornung p. 424
2007Zalmoxes shqiperorum Pereda Suberbiola and Galton p. 265
2008Zalmoxes shqiperorum Irmis and Knoll p. 121
2010Zalmoxes shqiperorum McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39
2012Zalmoxes shqiperorum McDonald p. 2
2013Zalmoxes shqiperorum Brusatte et al. p. 634
2013Zalmoxes shqiperorum Zheng et al.
2016Zalmoxes shqiperorum Dieudonné et al. p. 2
2017Zalmoxes shqiperorum Brusatte et al. p. 4
2017Zalmoxes shqiperorum Godefroit et al. p. 5
2018Zalmoxes shqiperorum Bell et al. p. 12
2018Zalmoxes shqiperorum Herne et al. p. 46
2018Zalmoxes shqiperorum Madzia et al. p. 970
2019Zalmoxes shqiperorum Bell et al. p. 6 fig. 4
2019Zalmoxes shqiperorum Herne et al. p. 568
2019Zalmoxes shqiperorum Párraga and Prieto-Márquez p. 254
2020Zalmoxes shqiperorum Dieudonné et al.
2021Zalmoxes shqiperorum Pérez-Pueyo et al. p. 23
2025Zalmoxes shqiperorum Czepiński and Madzia p. 3
2026Ferenceratops shqiperorum Maidment et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
genusFerenceratops
RankNameAuthor
speciesshqiperorum

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†Ferenceratops shqiperorum Maidment et al. 2026
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Invalid names: Zalmoxes shqiperorum Weishampel et al. 2003 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Weishampel et al. 2003 (Zalmoxes shqiperorum) Species of Zalmoxes whose dentary has a wide, angular buccal emargination that forms a horizontal platform extending for the full length of the dentition behind and medial to the coronoid process; a scapular blade that is narrow and strap-like proximally and expands sharply posterodistally; expansion of the region adjacent to the coracoid suture and acromial process, the latter forming a prominent flange; an ischium with a boot-like distal expansion of the distal end of the ischium.