Fona

DV-1237 · type species Fona herzogae

Lived: 101 to 94 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
Found in: United States
Named by: Avrahami et al. 2024

Field notes

About Fona

Fona was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 94 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Fona, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Cedar Mountain Formation. It was named by Avrahami et al. in 2024.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

3 finds

95 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Thescelosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. M. Avrahami, P. J. Makovicky, and R. T. Tucker, L. E. Zanno. 2024. A new semi‐fossorial thescelosaurine dinosaur from the Cenomanian‐age Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah. The Anatomical Record 307(12):3717-3781