Cretaceous
Ferrisaurus
Ferrisaurus sustutensis
The catalogue presents Ferrisaurus as a herbivore member of Leptoceratopsidae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 70.6–66.0 Ma. Its estimated range is 2.5 m in length and 50–80 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Sustut Group, British Columbia, Canada. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Ferrisaurus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Arbour and Evans (2019).
The PBDB places it in Leptoceratopsidae, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Leptoceratopsidae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Leptoceratopsidae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range is the Maastrichtian.
The PBDB catalogues 1 occurrence, with material from the Tango Creek Formation (1). Provenance: Canada.
The catalogue records the type locality as “Sustut Group, British Columbia, Canada”.
- Sustut Group, British Columbia, Canada
The catalogue's reference measurements are 2.5 m in length and 50–80 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 2.5 m
- 50-80 kg
The record gathers 1 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 2.5 m
- Weight
- 50–80 kg
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 70.6–66.0 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 2020
- Described by
- Arbour & Evans
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Family
- Leptoceratopsidae
- Genus
- Ferrisaurus
- Species
- F. sustutensis
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- not documented in this catalogue
- Type locality
- Sustut Group, British Columbia, Canada