Fosterovenator

Dalman 2014

Fosterovenator 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.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial

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Skeletal diagram Fosterovenator based on the holotype, silhouette based in skeletal diagram of Ceratosaurus by Scott Hartman. © Levi B. Martinez-Reza · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Theropoda Unranked clade

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Neotheropoda Unranked clade

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Averostra Unranked clade

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Ceratosauria Suborder

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Ceratosauridae Family

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Fosterovenator Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇺🇸 United States

Geological formations

Morrison

Temporal distribution

Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)

Species (1)

Fosterovenator churei 155 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

S. G. Dalman. 2014. New data on small theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Como Bluff, Wyoming, USA. Volumina Jurassica 12(2):181-196

Bibliography (1)

S. G. Dalman. 2014. New data on small theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Como Bluff, Wyoming, USA. Volumina Jurassica 12(2):181-196