title: First jurassic choristodera from Asia.
abstract: Although choristoderes have a good Lower Cretaceous record in Asia, they have never previously been recorded from Jurassic deposits. Here we describe fragmentary vertebral material referable to Choristodera indet. from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita of the Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan. This provides a significant range extension for the group in Asia and shows that choristoderes already had a Pan-Laurasian distribution in the Jurassic.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexander O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Averianov
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Aizek A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bakirov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005580:Fossils; D007707:Kyrgyzstan; D010163:Paleontology / Q000379:methods*; D012104:Reptiles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*