Ferrisaurus

Ferrisaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
~67 Ma
Ferrisaurus sustutensis life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
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

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; 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.

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. The epithet honours the Sustut River and Basin.

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