Omnisaura

Dinosaur genus

Ferenceratops

Maidment et al. 2026

Ferenceratops is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 72.2–66 million years old, in Romania.

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At a glance

Data as of 11 October 2026
72.2–66 Ma
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by
Maidment et al. 2026
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Described in
S. C. R. Maidment, R. J. Butler, 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: 1–16. Read it
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Maidment et al. 2026).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.

Lived
Maastrichtian, 72.2–66 million years ago
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Omnisaura calculation72.2–66 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
mediummedium: Omnisaura's calculation from 8 confirmed PBDB records.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Fossils found in
Romania
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (8 records).
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).

Rock formations
Densuș-Ciula
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (3 records).
Sînpetru
mediummedium: Only PBDB records it (2 records).
Jibou
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
Râul Mare
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
Sebeş
lowlow: Only one PBDB record.
mixedmixed: Levels differ between entries; each has its own.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.

Parent group
Ceratopsia
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.

Diet
herbivore (inferred for its group)
mediummedium: Only PBDB gives this, and it infers it for the whole of Ceratopsia, the group this genus belongs to, not from this genus's own fossils.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.

Way of life
ground dwelling (inferred for its group)
lowlow: PBDB infers this way of life for the whole of Ceratopsia; behaviour is rarely known for one genus.
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB, inferred from a group the genus belongs to.

Known from
Bones
Sources

Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Natural History Museum Data Portal (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

Gaps are answers

What isn't known yet

  • Type species: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Order: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Family: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
  • What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
  • Held back: 1 fossil record left out: identified only tentatively (for example "cf.", "?" or the name in quotation marks).
  • Resting on one source: 5 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): name (PBDB); authority (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); age (headline) (PBDB); diet (PBDB).

Size and appearance aren't covered yet, and diet and way of life only as PBDB infers them for the wider group. Omnisaura leaves the rest out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

None open. Where our sources overlap, they agree on everything shown here.

Did it meet…?

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Same time, different places. Their fossils overlap in age, 72.2 to 66 million years ago, but no rock formation holds both.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Connections

Genera linked to Ferenceratops by where and when their fossils were found, by classification and by who named them. Select a name to open its page.

FerenceratopsSame rocks, same timeSame parent groupSame naming authorAlso found in RomaniaZalmoxesTelmatosaurusMagyarosaurusStruthiosaurusand 8 moreAjkaceratopsAlbalophosaurusPsittacosaurusAdratiklitLoricatosaurusRichardoestesiaElopteryxParonychodonBalaurand 8 more

Same rocks, same time 12

Genera found in the same rock units, from rocks of overlapping age, the most shared fossil sites first.

ZalmoxesTelmatosaurusMagyarosaurusStruthiosaurusElopteryxParonychodonRichardoestesiaBalaurPetrustitanPaludititanPseudogeckoolithusRhabdodon

Same parent group: Ceratopsia 3

Other genera in Ceratopsia with a full profile.

AjkaceratopsAlbalophosaurusPsittacosaurus

Named by Maidment 2

Genera whose naming authority includes the same surname. The authority has no initials, so different people who share a surname can appear together.

AdratiklitLoricatosaurus

Found in Romania 12

Other genera found in Romania, from rocks of overlapping age, the most fossil sites there first.

ZalmoxesTelmatosaurusMagyarosaurusStruthiosaurusRichardoestesiaElopteryxParonychodonBalaurPetrustitanPseudogeckoolithusPaludititanRhabdodon

Credits

Where this page comes from

  • Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
  • Natural History Museum Data PortalCC0 1.0 · catalogued specimens
  • OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
  • PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
  • Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines