Ferganasaurus
| Ferganasaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Genus: | †Ferganasaurus Alifanov & Averianov, 2003 |
| Species: | †F. verzilini
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ferganasaurus verzilini Alifanov & Averianov, 2003
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Ferganasaurus (meaning "
stage of the Middle Jurassic.[1]
Discovery and naming
The holotype, PIN N 3042/1 (two dorsal and sixteen caudal vertebrae, a pelvis and limb bones), was discovered in 1966 by Kurzanov and Rhozdestvensky in
cranial material has ever been attributed to Ferganasaurus. In 2003, the species Freganasaurus verzilini was described by Alifanov & Averianov.[1]
Description
Ferganasaurus grew up to 18 metres (59 ft) long with an estimated body mass of 15 tonnes (33,000 lb).[2]
References
- ^ S2CID 85902362.
- ^ Paul, G.S., 2010, The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs, Princeton University Press p. 339