| Fosterovenator | |
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| Skeletal restoration | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Ceratosauria |
| Genus: | †Fosterovenator Dalman,2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Fosterovenator churei Dalman, 2014 | |
Fosterovenator (meaning "Foster's hunter") is a genus ofceratosaur dinosaur known from theLate JurassicMorrison Formation ofWyoming. Theholotype isYPM VP 058267A, B, and C, atibia with an articulatedastragalus. An additional specimen is known, theparatype YPM VP 058267D, afibula of a larger individual.[1]
Theholotype remains were discovered in 1879 byArthur Lakes atComo Bluff, Wyoming, and consist of a nearly-complete righttibia with a co-ossifiedastragalus, probably of a juvenile. Theparatype consists of a complete rightfibula 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 ofElaphrosaurus.[1] However, ceratosaurian affinities ofFosterovenator (at least of the paratype) have been questioned.[2]
The generic nameFosterovenator was named in 2014 by S. G. Dalman forJohn Russell Foster and the Latin wordvenator ("hunter"). The specific namechurei is named for Daniel J. Chure.[1]
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