Fostoria

Say it like this: “foss-TOR-ee-uh”

Fostoria dhimbangunmal

Fostoria ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Australia.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Named in: 2019 · Bell, P. R.; Brougham, T.; Herne, M. C.; Frauenfelder, T.; Smith, E. T.
Hip height: 1.4 m · 5 ft
Length: 4.5 m · 15 ft
Weight: 500 kg · 1,102 lb
Found in: Australia · Griman Creek
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Elasmaria

The story in short

The genus Fostoria dates to 2019, the year P. R. Bell and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Griman Creek Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Fostoria at a length near 4.5 m, hips about 1.4 m high, and a body mass around 500 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Elasmaria, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Anabisetia

Anabisetia saldiviai

Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago

Atlascopcosaurus

Atlascopcosaurus loadsi

Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian · Albian) · roughly 125.8 to 100.5 million years ago

Chakisaurus

Chakisaurus nekul

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago