Ferganasaurus
| Ferganasaurus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| 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 "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.