Ferrisaurusis agenusofleptoceratopsidceratopsiandinosaurfrom the Sustut Basin (Tango Creek Formation) inBritish Columbia,Canada.Thetypeand only species isFerrisaurus sustutensis.It is the first non-avian dinosaur described from British Columbia.
| Ferrisaurus Temporal range:Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Neornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Leptoceratopsidae |
| Genus: | †Ferrisaurus Arbour & Evans,2019 |
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| †Ferrisaurus sustutensis Arbour & Evans, 2019
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Discovery and naming
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It was discovered in 1971 during auraniumandthoriumexploration by Kenny F. Larsen and was donated to theDalhousie Universityin 2004. It was described but not named in 2008;[1]by then it made its way into the collection of theRoyal British Columbia MuseuminVictoria.It was named in 2019.[2]The holotype,RBCM P900,nicknamed Buster,[3]includes portions of the pectoral girdles, left forelimb, left hindlimb, and right pes.[2]
The nameFerrisaurusis derived from Latin ferrum (=iron) and Greek sauros (=lizard), referencing to the specimen's discovery along a railway line.[2]The epithet honours theSustut RiverandBasin.[2]
See also
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edit- ^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.Bibcode:2008CaJES..45..457A.doi:10.1139/E08-009.ISSN0008-4077.
- ^abcdArbour, V. M.; Evans, D. C. (2019)."A new leptoceratopsid dinosaur from Maastrichtian-aged deposits of the Sustut Basin, northern British Columbia, Canada".PeerJ.7:e7926.doi:10.7717/peerj.7926.PMC6842559.PMID31720103.
- ^Grossman, Nina (November 7, 2019)."VIDEO: Victoria museum unveils 'Buster' a new unique-to-B.C. dinosaur".Victoria News.
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