Irisosaurus

DV-1103

Lived: 193 to 184 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs
Found in: China
Named by: Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2020

Field notes

About Irisosaurus

Irisosaurus was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 193 to 184 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Irisosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Fengjiahe Formation. It was named by Peyre de Fabrègues et al. in 2020.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Yunnanosaurusearly sauropodomorph
Yuxisaurusearly armored dinosaur
Xiangyunloongearly sauropodomorph
Shuangbaisaurustheropod
Chinshakiangosaurussauropod
Yimenosaurusearly sauropodomorph

Close relatives

Other members of Sauropodiformes.

AardonyxEarly Jurassic
MussaurusEarly Jurassic
YunnanosaurusEarly Jurassic
MelanorosaurusLate Triassic to Early Jurassic
GongxianosaurusEarly Jurassic
LedumahadiEarly Jurassic
LeonerasaurusEarly Jurassic
CamelotiaLate Triassic

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. Peyre de Fabrègues, S. Bi, and H. Li, G. Li, L. Yang, X. Xu. 2020. A new species of early‐diverging Sauropodiformes from the Lower Jurassic Fengjiahe Formation of Yunnan province, China. Scientific Reports 10:10961:1-17