| Fona Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), ~
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| Holotype at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Neornithischia |
| Family: | †Thescelosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Thescelosaurinae |
| Genus: | †Fona Avrahami et al., 2024 |
| Species: | †F. herzogae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Fona herzogae Avrahami et al., 2024
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Fona (/ˈfoʊtnɑː/ foht-NAH; lit. 'the origin') is an extinct genus of thescelosaurine thescelosaurid ornithischian dinosaurs from the 'mid'-Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation (Mussentuchit Member) of Utah, United States. The genus contains a single species, F. herzogae, known from several partial skeletons and skulls. Based on anatomical similarities to the closely related and similarly aged Oryctodromeus, Fona was likely a semi-fossorial animal, likely spending a significant amount of time in underground burrows. It also represents the oldest known definitive thescelosaurine.[1]
- ^ Avrahami, Haviv M.; Makovicky, Peter J.; Tucker, Ryan T.; Zanno, Lindsay E. (2024-07-09). "A new semi-fossorial thescelosaurine dinosaur from the Cenomanian-age Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah". The Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.25505. ISSN 1932-8486. PMID 38979930.