Ferganastegos

Fergana roof / Fergana covered one

• Fergana · Toponymic (place name) · the Fergana Valley, Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan/Uzbekistan/Tajikistan)
• stegos · Greek · roof or covered

The name combines "Fergana," referring to the Fergana Valley of Central Asia (spanning parts of modern Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan) where the fossils were discovered, with the Greek word "stegos" (στέγος), meaning "roof" or "covered." The "-stegos" suffix was commonly used for stegosaurs and ankylosaurs to evoke their armored or plated bodies. The name thus means roughly "roofed (armored) one from Fergana," reflecting both the animal's geography and its armored nature.

Period

Middle Jurassic

Stage

Callovian

Found in

Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan

Ferganastegos is a stegosaur (thyreophoran dinosaur) from the Middle Jurassic of Central Asia. It is one of the few stegosaurs known from that region. Material is fragmentary, so some details of its classification remain uncertain. Confidence is medium due to limited published English-language literature on this genus.