Issi

DV-1141 · type species Issi saaneq

Lived: 227 to 206 million years ago, Late Triassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Plateosauridae
Found in: Greenland
Named by: Beccari et al. 2021

Field notes

About Issi

Issi was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic, 227 to 206 million years ago. It belongs to the family Plateosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Issi, from Greenland. Its fossils come from the Malmros Klint Formation. It was named by Beccari et al. in 2021.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

220 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Plateosauridae.

PlateosaurusLate Triassic
RuehleiaLate Triassic
UnaysaurusLate Triassic
PlateosauravusLate Triassic
XixiposaurusEarly Jurassic
Coloradiaearly sauropodomorph

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: V. Beccari, O. Mateus, and O. Wings, J. Milàn, L. B. Clemmensen. 2021. Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland. Diversity 13:561:1-59