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Irisosaurus
Irisosaurus yimenensis Peyre de Fabrègues et al. 2020
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · 192.9–184.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
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. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Irisosaurus sits in deep time
Irisosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Irisosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.