Perijasaurus

Name: Perijasaurus ‭(‬Perija lizard‭)‬.
Phonetic: Peh-re-ya-sor-us.
Named By: Aldo F.‭ ‬Rincón,‭ ‬Daniel A.‭ ‬Raad Pájaro,‭ ‬Harold F.‭ ‬Jiménez Velandia,‭ ‬Martín D.‭ ‬Ezcurra‭ & ‬Jeffrey A.‭ ‬Wilson Mantilla‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Eusauropoda.
Species: ‭ ‬P.‭ ‬lapaz‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Colombia‭ ‬-‭ ‬La Quinta Formation.
Time period: Early/Mid Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial dorsal vertebra.

       Perijasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Jurassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta Formation‭ (‬Dept.‭ ‬Cesar,‭ ‬Colombia‭) ‬and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.‭ ‬-‭ Aldo F.‭ ‬Rincón,‭ ‬Daniel A.‭ ‬Raad Pájaro,‭ ‬Harold F.‭ ‬Jiménez Velandia,‭ ‬Martín D.‭ ‬Ezcurra‭ & ‬Jeffrey A.‭ ‬Wilson Mantilla‭ ‬-‭ ‬2022.

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