Ferganastegos
| Ferganastegos Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 162Ma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Stegosauria |
| Family: | †Stegosauridae |
| Genus: | †Ferganastegos Ulansky, 2014 |
| Species: | † F. callovicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ferganastegos callovicus Ulansky, 2014 | |
Ferganastegos is a genus of stegosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Balabansai Formation of Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan.[1][2]
Description
The holotype of Ferganastegos callovicus, IGB 001, consists of four posterior dorsal vertebrae.[3] Although Averianov et al. did not consider the vertebrae diagnostic to genus, the freelance Russian dinosaur enthusiast Roman Ulansky decided that the differences between IGB 001 and other stegosaurs were sufficient to warrant a binomial for IGB 001, Ferganastegos callovicus (Callovian roof from Fergana Valley).[1]
Biology
Based on present of stegosaur diet, Ferganastegos would have been a low-browsing herbivore.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ulansky, R. E., 2014. Evolution of the stegosaurs (Dinosauria; Ornithischia). Dinologia, 35 pp. [in Russian]. [DOWNLOAD PDF]http://dinoweb.narod.ru/Ulansky_2014_Stegosaurs_evolution.pdf.
- ↑ http://zoobank.org/References/5FE177A1-0DA1-4997-83AA-57B12685676D?region=ru
- ↑ Averianov, A.O.; Bakirov, A.A. & Martin, T. 2007. First definitive stegosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 81(4):440–446.