Fosterovenator

Fosterovenator (meaning "Foster's hunter") is a genus of ceratosaur dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming. The holotype is YPM VP 058267A, B, and C, a tibia with an articulated astragalus. An additional specimen is known, the paratype YPM VP 058267D, a fibula of a larger individual.[1]

Life restoration

Fosterovenator
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 155–147 Ma
Skeletal restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: †Ceratosauria
Genus: †Fosterovenator
Dalman, 2014
Type species
†Fosterovenator churei
Dalman, 2014
Right fibula, of the paratype specimen YPM VP 058267D

The holotype remains were in 1879 discovered by Arthur Lakes at Como Bluff, Wyoming, and consist of a nearly-complete right tibia with a co-ossified astragalus, probably of a juvenile. The paratype consists of a complete right fibula measuring 27.5 cm (10.8 in) in length and belonging to a much larger individual. The overall shape of the known material is similar to that of Elaphrosaurus.[1] However, ceratosaurian affinities of Fosterovenator (at least of the paratype) have been questioned.[2]

Etymology

The generic name Fosterovenator was in 2014 named by S. G. Dalman for John Russell Foster and the Latin word venator ("hunter"). The specific name churei is named for Daniel J. Chure.[1]

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See also

References
  1. Dalman, S.G. (2014). "New data on small theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Como Bluff, Wyoming, USA". Volumina Jurassica. 12 (2): 181–196.
  2. Skawiński, Tomasz; Ziegler, Maciej; Czepiński, Łukasz; Szermański, Marcin; Tałanda, Mateusz; Surmik, Dawid; Niedźwiedzki, Grzegorz (2016). "A re-evaluation of the historical 'dinosaur' remains from the Middle-Upper Triassic of Poland". Historical Biology. in press (4): 442–472. doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1188385.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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