Ferganasaurus Alifanov and Averianov 2003 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: V. R. Alifanov and A. O. Averianov. 2003. Ferganasaurus verzilini, gen. et sp. nov., a new neosauropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Fergana Valley, Kirghizia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(2):358-372

Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to D. T. Ksepka and M. A. Norell 2010

See also Alifanov and Averianov 2003, Canudo et al. 2010 and Royo-Torres et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosaurus glymptonensis, Datousaurus, Dystrophaeus, Haestasaurus, Huashanosaurus, Janenschia, Jobaria, Lapparentosaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Tharosaurus, Tharosaurus indicus, Turiasauria

Subtaxa: Ferganasaurus verzilini

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Type: Ferganasaurus verzilini

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Balabansai (Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan)

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