Dinosauria›Saurischia
Isisaurus Isisaurus colberti (Jain and Bandyopadhyay 1997)
/ˌɪsɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
India, Pakistan
Regions
Balochistan · Maharashtra · Madhya Pradesh
Formations
Lameta · Vitakri
Dig sites
4
distinct collections
Overview
Isisaurus colberti is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Balochistan, India and elsewhere. It was named by (Jain and Bandyopadhyay 1997). The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Isisaurus colberti sits in deep time
Isisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Isisaurus colberti'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.