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, Amanzia, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosauriscus, Datousaurus, Dystrophaeus, Haestasaurus, Janenschia, Jobaria, Lapparentosaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Perijasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, 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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