Perijasaurus
Field photograph to come
Perijasaurus
DV-1191 · type species Perijasaurus lapaz
- Lived
- 180 to 171 million years ago, Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Colombia
- Named by
- Rincón et al. 2022
Field notes
About Perijasaurus
Perijasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic, 180 to 171 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Perijasaurus, from Colombia. Its fossils come from the La Quinta Formation. It was named by Rincón et al. in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
175 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Eusauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. F. Rincón, D. A. Raad Pájaro, and H. F. Jiménez Velandia, M. D. Ezcurra, J. A. Wilson Mantilla. 2022. 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