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horned dinosaur
Ferrisaurus
Say it like this: “FERR-i-SAWR-us”
Ferrisaurus sustutensis
Ferrisaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Canada.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Arbour, V. M.; Evans, D. C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Canada · Tango Creek
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- horned dinosaur · Ceratopsian
- Family branch
- Leptoceratopsidae
The story in short
Ferrisaurus was formally named in 2019 by V. M. Arbour and D. C. Evans. The name means “iron lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Canada, including the Tango Creek Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Ferrisaurus at a length near 1.8 m.
On the family tree it sits in Leptoceratopsidae, among the horned dinosaurs.