Biology:Ferrisaurus
| Ferrisaurus | |
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| Ferrisaurus sustutensis life restoration | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ceratopsia |
| Family: | †Leptoceratopsidae |
| Genus: | †Ferrisaurus Arbour & Evans, 2019 |
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| †Ferrisaurus sustutensis Arbour & Evans, 2019
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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;[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]
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
- ↑ Arbour, Victoria M.; Graves, Milton C. (2008). Sues, Hans-Dieter. ed. "An ornithischian dinosaur from the Sustut Basin, north-central British Columbia, Canada" (in en). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45 (4): 457–463. doi:10.1139/E08-009. ISSN 0008-4077. Bibcode: 2008CaJES..45..457A. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/E08-009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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. PMID 31720103.
- ↑ Grossman, Nina (November 7, 2019). "VIDEO: Victoria museum unveils 'Buster' a new unique-to-B.C. dinosaur". Victoria News. https://www.vicnews.com/news/video-victoria-museum-unveils-buster-a-new-unique-to-b-c-dinosaur/.
Wikidata ☰ Q73979036 entry
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