Fostoria dhimbangunmal

Fostoria
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ornithopoda
Clade: Rhabdodontomorpha (?)
Genus: Fostoria
Bell et al., 2019
Type species
Fostoria dhimbangunmal
Bell et al., 2019

Fostoria (named after Robert Foster who discovered the type locality and bones; the specific name dhimbangunmal means "sheep yard" in the languages of the Yuwaalaraay, Yuwaalayaay, and Gamilaraay peoples of Australia) is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur from the Griman Creek Formation of New South Wales, Australia. The type and only species, Fostoria dhimbangunmal was described in 2019.[1]

  1. ^ Phil R. Bell; Tom Brougham; Matthew C. Herne; Timothy Frauenfelder; Elizabeth T. Smith (2019). "Fostoria dhimbangunmal, gen. et sp. nov., a new iguanodontian (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the mid-Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39: e1564757. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1564757. S2CID 195424096.