Fostoria

Named after the Fostoria opal field (unconfirmed)

Fostoria is an iguanodontian (a large plant-eating ornithopod) from the Lightning Ridge area of New South Wales. The genus name is, as I recall, taken from the Fostoria opal field where the fossil was found. I'm not certain of this detail.

Named by

Bell et al.

Year named

2024

Period

Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous (mid-Cretaceous boundary)

Stage

Cenomanian

Found in

Griman Creek Formation, Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia

Valid dinosaur genus, with the type species Fostoria dhimbangunmal. Named in the 2020s. The etymology, authorship and year are from memory and should be checked against the original description.