Irisosaurus
Name:
Irisosaurus
(Iridescent lizard).
Phonetic: E-riss-o-sor-us.
Named By: Claire Peyre de Fabrègues, Shundong Bi,
Hongqing Li, Gang Li, Lei Yang & Xing Xu - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Anchisauria.
Species: I. yimenensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains, but
roughly estimated to be about 5.5 meters long.
Known locations: China, Yunnan Province -
Fengjiahe Formation.
Time period: Early Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial remains.
Irisosaurus
is a genus of sauropodomorph
that lived in Asia during the early
Jurassic. Though only known from partial remains, Irisosaurus
is
thought to have been similar to the genus Mussaurus.
Further reading
- A new species of
early-diverging Sauropodiformes from the Lower Jurassic Fengjiahe
Formation of Yunnan Province, China. - Scientific Reports. 10
(1). - Claire Peyre de Fabrègues, Shundong Bi, Hongqing Li,
Gang Li, Lei Yang & Xing Xu - 2020.
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