Dinosaur
Fostoria
Fostoria’s bones were found partly transformed into opal in an Australian mine.
Fostoria’s bones were found partly transformed into opal in an Australian mine. It had a solid body, strong hind legs and a long balancing tail. It belonged to a branch of plant-eating dinosaurs with a beak at the front of the mouth and teeth for processing vegetation.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Fostoria at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Iguanodontia
- Iguanodontians
- Fossil locations
- New South Wales
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Fostoria
Its bones were found in an opal mine at Lightning Ridge, Australia. Some fossil material had turned into opal, so these eye-catching fragments also held information about animals from millions of years ago.
The remains represent more than one individual, including animals of different sizes. This association raises questions about how they lived, but several skeletons together cannot, by themselves, reveal all a species’ social habits.
The remains represent more than one individual, including animals of different sizes. This association raises questions about how they lived, but several skeletons together cannot, by themselves, reveal all a species’ social habits.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Fostoria dhimbangunmal
Wikipedia contributors · English source
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