Isanosaurus

Isanosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Isanosaurus"
fossil_range = Late Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
genus = "Isanosaurus"

species = "I. attavipachi"
binomial = "Isanosaurus attavipachi"
binomial_authority = Buffetaut et al., 2000

"Isanosaurus" (meaning "Northeastern Thailand Lizard") was one of the first true sauropod dinosaurs, with all four legs always on the ground. It lived 210 million years ago in Southeast Asia. The type species was "Isanosaurus attavipachi". [ [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v407/n6800/full/407072a0.html The earliest known sauropod dinosaur] ] It is most notable for being one of the earliest known dinosaurs; its fossils were found in strata dating to the Triassic Period.

References

*Buffetaut, E., Suteethorn, V., Cuny, G., Tong, H., Le Loeuff, J., Khansubha, S. & Jongautchariyakul, S. 2000. The earliest known sauropod dinosaur. "Nature" 407: 72–74.
*Yates, A.M. & Kitching, J.W. 2003. The earliest known sauropod dinosaur and the first steps towards sauropod locomotion. "Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences" 270: 1753-1758.
* [http://www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/html/isano.htm Restoration and discussion] of "Isanosaurus", by noted paleoartist Luis Rey.


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