Ferganasaurus verzilini
"Fergana Valley lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ferganasaurus 18 m (59 ft) long
as long as 11 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 18 m (59 ft)
- Period
- Middle Jurassic (174–163 Mya)
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Ferganasaurus (meaning “Fergana Valley lizard”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan, which dates to the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic. It was formally described in 2003 by Alifanov and Averianov as the type species Ferganasaurus verzilini. It is believed to be similar to Rhoetosaurus.
What we know
- Named by Alifanov & Averianov, 2003.
- Body length estimated at about 18 m.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Ferganasaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.