Dinosauria›Saurischia
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Ferganasaurus Ferganasaurus verzilini Alifanov and Averianov 2003
/fˌɜːɡɐnɐsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Middle Jurassic (Callovian) · 165.3–161.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Region
Jalal-Abad
Formation
Balabansai
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Ferganasaurus verzilini is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Middle Jurassic, roughly 165.3–161.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan. It was named by Alifanov and Averianov 2003. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Ferganasaurus verzilini sits in deep time
Ferganasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ferganasaurus verzilini's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.