Iranosauripus

Iranosauripus Temporal range: Middle Triassic-Early Jurassic, Anisian–Pliensbachian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus:	† Iranosauripus Lapparent & Nowgol Sadat, 1975
Type ichnospecies
†Iranosauripus zerabensis Lapparent & Nogwol Sadat, 1975
Synonyms
IranosaurusLapparent & Nogwol Sadat, 1975

Iranosauripus is an ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint discovered in Iran that supposedly belonged to a theropod. ^[1] Iranosauripus supposedly existed during Middle Triassic-Early Jurassic, ^{[2] [3]} although the first true dinosaurs, such as Eoraptor , did not exist until the Late Triassic. ^[4] The type ichnospecies, I. zerabensis was named in 1975. ^[5]

See also

• Dinosaurs portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of dinosaur ichnogenera

References

1. M. T. Carrano. 2020. Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria .
2. P. Taquet. 1977. Les découvertes récentes de Dinosaures du Jurassique et du Crétacé en Afrique, au Proche et Moyen-Orient et en Inde [Recent discoveries of dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in Africa, the Near and Middle East, and India]. Mémoire Hors Serie—Société Géologique de France 8:325-330
3. Glut, Donald F. (2003). "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs" . Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia (3rd supplement ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp.  613–652. ISBN   0-7864-1166-X.
4. Brusatte, Stephen L.; Benton, Michael J.; Ruta, Marcello; Lloyd, Graeme T. (September 12, 2008). "Superiority, Competition, and Opportunism in the Evolutionary Radiation of Dinosaurs" (PDF). Science. 321 (5895). Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science: 1485–1488. Bibcode:2008Sci...321.1485B. doi:10.1126/science.1161833. hdl: 20.500.11820/00556baf-6575-44d9-af39-bdd0b072ad2b . ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   18787166. S2CID   13393888 . Retrieved 2019-10-22.
5. A. F. d.e. Lapparent and M. A. A. Nowgol Sadat. 1975. Une trace à pas de Dinosaure dans le Lias de l’Elbourz, en Iran. Conséquences de cette découverte [A dinosaur footprints in the Liassic of Elbourz, in Iran. Consequences of this discovery]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D 280:161-163