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FOSTEROVENATOR
(fos-teh-ro-ven-ah-tor)
meaning: "Foster's hunter"
Fosterovenator
Named By: S. G. Dalman in 2014
Time Period: Late Jurassic, 155-147 Ma
Location: USA, Wyoming - Morrison Formation (Brushy Basin Member)
Size: Paratype fibula 27.5 centimetres long. Scaled and reconstructed to Elaphrosaurus proportions results in a rough estimate of up to about 2.5 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Tibia, astralgus and fibula from two individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Saurischia | Theropoda | Ceratosauridae |
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Fosterovenator (meaning "Foster's hunter") is a genus of ceratosaurid 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.

The holotype remains were discovered at Como Bluff, Wyoming, and consist of a nearly-complete right tibia with a co-ossified astragalus. 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. However, ceratosaurian affinities of Fosterovenator (at least of the paratype) have been questioned.

Read more about Fosterovenator at Wikipedia
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