Isisaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0517Lameta Fm., India

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

6 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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