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A new leptoceratopsid dinosaur from Maastrichtian-aged deposits of the Sustut Basin, northern British Columbia, Canada Project ID: 00000C793 Public
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A partial dinosaur skeleton from the Sustut Basin of northern British Columbia, Canada, previously described as an indeterminate neornithischian, is here reinterpreted as a leptoceratopsid ceratopsian, Ferrisaurus sustutensis, gen. et. sp. nov. The skeleton includes parts of the pectoral girdles, left forelimb, left hindlimb, and right pes. It can be distinguished from other named leptoceratopsids based on the proportions of the ulna and pedal phalanges. This is the first unique dinosaur species reported from British Columbia, and can be placed within a reasonably resolved phylogenetic context, with Ferrisaurus recovered as more closely related to Leptoceratops than Montanoceratops. At 68.2 to 67.2 Ma in age, Ferrisaurus falls between, and slightly overlaps with, both Montanoceratops and Leptoceratops, and represents a western range extension for Laramidian leptoceratopsids.

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000086248 radius rbcm:p:900 Mesh 2019-09-11 Open Download  
000081513 tibia/fibula rbcm:p:900 Mesh 2019-06-19 Open Download  
000086254 pedal digit IV-4 rbcm:p:900 Mesh 2019-09-11 Open Download  
000081854 Radius rbcm:p:900 Mesh 2019-06-21 Open Download  
000086253 metatarsals rbcm:p:900 Mesh 2019-09-11 Open Download  
000082514 scapula rbcm:p:900 Mesh 2019-07-02 Open Download  
000086252 metatarsals rbcm:p:900 Mesh 2019-09-11 Open Download  
000350068 Digit IV Ungual rbcm:p:900 Photogrammetry Image Series 2021-03-16 Open Download  
000081852 pedal digit III rbcm:p:900 Mesh 2019-06-21 Open Download  
000086245 tibia/fibula rbcm:p:900 Mesh 2019-09-11 Open Download  
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