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Irisosaurus Irisosaurus yimenensis Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2020
/ˌɪɹɪsəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · 192.9–184.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Yunnan
Formation
Fengjiahe
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Irisosaurus yimenensis is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 192.9–184.2 million years ago. It was a inferred herbivore. Fossils have been recovered from Yunnan, China. It was named by Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2020. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Irisosaurus yimenensis sits in deep time
Irisosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Irisosaurus yimenensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.