Isisaurus
Field photograph to come
Isisaurus
DV-0517
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- India and Pakistan
- Named by
- Wilson and Upchurch 2003
Field notes
About Isisaurus
Isisaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 6 finds of Isisaurus, from India and Pakistan. Its fossils come from rocks including the Lameta Formation and the Vitakri Formation. It was named by Wilson and Upchurch in 2003.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Saltasauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. A. Wilson and P. Upchurch. 2003. A revision of Titanosaurus Lydekker (Dinosauria – Sauropoda), the first dinosaur genus with a 'Gondwanan' distribution. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(3):125-160