Titanosauria (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan

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• Submitted November 21, 2013; revisions received January 7, 2014; accepted January 18, 2014. Handling editor: Richard Butler.
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