Irisosaurus
| Irisosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic, | |
|---|---|
| Skeletal restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Anchisauria |
| Genus: | †Irisosaurus Peyre de Fabrègues et al., 2020 |
| Type species | |
| †Irisosaurus yimenensis Peyre de Fabrègues et al., 2020 | |
Irisosaurus (meaning "iridescent lizard" after the iridescent clouds of Yunnan Province, China) is an extinct genus of sauropodiform sauropodomorph dinosaur, from the Fengjiahe Formation of China. The type species, Irisosaurus yimenensis was formally described in 2020. It was the sister taxon to Mussaurus.
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