Ferrisaurus
Ferrisaurus is a genus of leptoceratopsid ceratopsian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin (Tango Creek Formation) in British Columbia, Canada. The type and only species is Ferrisaurus sustutensis. It is the first non-avian dinosaur described from British Columbia.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Family: | †Leptoceratopsidae |
| Genus: | †Ferrisaurus Arbour & Evans, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Ferrisaurus sustutensis Arbour & Evans, 2019 | |
Discovery and naming
It was discovered in 1971 during an uranium and thorium exploration by Kenny F. Larsen and was donated to the Dalhousie University in 2004. It was described but not named in 2008;[2] by then it made its way into the collection of the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria. It was named in 2019.[1]
The holotype, RBCM P900 includes portions of the pectoral girdles, left forelimb, left hindlimb, and right pes.[1]
Etymology
The name Ferrisaurus is derived from Latin ferrum (=iron) and Greek sauros (=lizard), referencing to the specimen’s discovery along a railway line.[1] The epithet honours the Sustut River and Basin.
See also
References
- Arbour, Victoria; Evans, David (2019). "A new leptoceratopsid dinosaur from Maastrichtian-aged deposits of the Sustut Basin, northern British Columbia, Canada". PeerJ. doi:10.7717/peerj.7926.
- Arbour, Victoria M.; Graves, Milton C. (2008). Sues, Hans-Dieter (ed.). "An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, north-central British Columbia, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 45 (4): 457–463. doi:10.1139/E08-009. ISSN 0008-4077.
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