| Ferrisaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~67 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
|---|---|
| |
| Ferrisaurus sustutensis life restoration | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Neornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Leptoceratopsidae |
| Genus: | †Ferrisaurus Arbour & Evans, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Ferrisaurus sustutensis Arbour & Evans, 2019 | |
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.
Discovery and naming
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; by then it made its way into the collection of the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria. It was named in 2019. The holotype, RBCM P900, nicknamed Buster, includes portions of the pectoral girdles, left forelimb, left hindlimb, and right pes.
The name Ferrisaurus is derived from Latin ferrum (=iron) and Greek sauros (=lizard), referencing to the specimen's discovery along a railway line. The epithet honours the Sustut River and Basin.
See also
References
- 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.
- ^ 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.
- Grossman, Nina (November 7, 2019). "VIDEO: Victoria museum unveils 'Buster' a new unique-to-B.C. dinosaur". Victoria News.
.png)
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Ferrisaurus | |
 | This article related to ceratopsian dinosaurs is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |