Ferrisaurus
Field photograph to come
Ferrisaurus
DV-1051 · type species Ferrisaurus sustutensis
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Leptoceratopsidae
- Found in
- Canada
- Named by
- Arbour and Evans 2019
Field notes
About Ferrisaurus
Ferrisaurus was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Leptoceratopsidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ferrisaurus, from British Columbia. Its fossils come from the Tango Creek Formation. It was named by Arbour and Evans in 2019.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Leptoceratopsidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: V. M. Arbour and D. C. Evans. 2019. A new leptoceratopsid dinosaur from Maastrichtian-aged deposits of the Sustut Basin, northern British Columbia, Canada. PeerJ 7:e7926