Ferrisaurus

<i>Ferrisaurus</i>

Ferrisaurus

Extinct genus of dinosaurs

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.

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Discovery and naming

Provenance of the holotype specimen of Ferrisaurus

It was discovered in 1971 during a 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;[1] by then it made its way into the collection of the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria. 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]

Skeletal diagram of the holotype of Ferrisaurus

The name Ferrisaurus is derived from Latin ferrum (=iron) and Greek sauros (=lizard), referencing to the specimen's discovery along a railway line.[2] The epithet honours the Sustut River and Basin.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    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. ISSN 0008-4077.
  2. [2]
    Arbour, 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. PMC 6842559. PMID 31720103.
  3. [3]
    Grossman, Nina (November 7, 2019). "VIDEO: Victoria museum unveils 'Buster' a new unique-to-B.C. dinosaur". Victoria News.


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