Isisaurus

Description

Isisaurus (nommé d'après l'Institut indien de statistiques) est un genre de titanosaure du Crétacé supérieur retrouvé en Inde.
L'espèce type, et unique espèce connue, Isisaurus colberti, a été d'abord nommée Titanosaurus colberti par Sohan Lal Jain (d) et Saswati Bandyopadhyay en 1997, puis a été renommé en 2003 par Jeffrey A. Wilson (d) et Paul Upchurch (d). Le nom spécifique a été donné en l'honneur d'Edwin Harris Colbert,.

Information(s)

Source: The Paleobiology Database

Attibution: Wilson and Upchurch 2003¹²⁵⁵⁷
Statut: Valide
Nom commun:
Longueur (en m): 10 to < 100
Largeur (en m): 10 to < 100
Hauteur (en m): 10 to < 100
Poids (en m): de à
Environnement de découverte: terrestrial
Mode de vie: terrestrial
Mode de locomotion: actively mobile
Vision: ?
Alimentation: herbivore
Mode de reprodution: oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile
Classification: Saltasauroidea >> Lithostrotia >> Titanosauria >> Titanosauriformes >> Macronaria >> Neosauropoda >> Eusauropoda >> Gravisauria >> Sauropoda >> Saurischia >> Dinosauria
Période: Maastrichtian (de -72.20 Ma à -66.00 Ma)

Espèce(s):
- Isisaurus colberti (Valide)⁴¹⁷⁷

Specimen(s):

Titanosaurus colberti recombined as Isisaurus colberti: ISIR335/60 - ulna, ulna (left)
Titanosaurus colberti recombined as Isisaurus colberti: ISIR335/58 - coracoid, coracoid (left)
Titanosaurus colberti recombined as Isisaurus colberti: ISIR335/59 - humerus (left) , humerus (left)
Titanosaurus colberti recombined as Isisaurus colberti: ISIR335/57 - scapula (left) , scapula (left)
Titanosaurus colberti recombined as Isisaurus colberti: holotype ISIR335/60 - ulna, ulna (left)
Titanosaurus colberti recombined as Isisaurus colberti: holotype ISIR335/59 - humerus (left) , humerus (left)
Titanosaurus colberti recombined as Isisaurus colberti: holotype ISIR335/58 - coracoid, coracoid (left)
Titanosaurus colberti recombined as Isisaurus colberti: holotype ISIR335/57 - scapula (left) , scapula (left)
Détail des Spécimens

Autre(s) Taxon(s) trouvés dans la litterature:
- Titanosaurus colberti recombined as Isisaurus colberti
- Isisaurus
- Titanosaurus colberti n. recombined as Isisaurus colberti
Découverte(s): 7 occcurrences
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- Inde
  - Gujarat
    - Kachchh
      - Formation ?
        Isisaurus: ? ⁷⁹⁴⁵⁵
    - Kheda
      - Formation Lameta
        Isisaurus: ? ⁷⁹⁴⁵⁴
  - Madhya Pradesh
    - Betul
      - Formation Lameta
        Isisaurus colberti identifié comme Titanosaurus colberti: ? ⁷⁹⁴⁵³
  - Maharashtra
    - Chanda
      - Formation Lameta
        Isisaurus: ? ²⁷⁷¹²
    - Chandrapur
      - Formation Lameta
        Isisaurus colberti identifié comme Titanosaurus colberti n. sp.: ISIR335/60: ulna, ulna (left) ISIR335/59: humerus (left) , humerus (left) ISIR335/58: coracoid, coracoid (left) ISIR335/57: scapula (left) , scapula (left) ⁴¹⁷⁷
- Pakistan
  - Balochistan
    - Barkham
      - Formation Vitakri
        Isisaurus colberti: ? ⁷⁶⁸⁶⁶
    - Barkhan
      - Formation Vitakri
        Isisaurus colberti: ? ⁷⁶⁸⁶⁶
Historique des modifications:

Référence	Type	Partie	Côté	Dimension (en cm)	Lieu de découverte	Commentaires
ISIR335/60		ulna		width: 150, length: 800	Collection: - Lieu: __, ,
ISIR335/58		coracoid		width: 480, length: 320	Collection: - Lieu: __, ,
ISIR335/59		humerus	left	width: 210, length: 1480	Collection: - Lieu: __, ,
ISIR335/57		scapula	left	width: 290, length: 1080	Collection: - Lieu: __, ,
ISIR335/60	holotype	ulna	left	width: 150, length: 800	Collection: Dongargaon Hill- Lieu: IN, Maharashtra, Chandrapur	minimum shaft width
ISIR335/59	holotype	humerus	left	width: 210, length: 1480	Collection: Dongargaon Hill- Lieu: IN, Maharashtra, Chandrapur	minimum transverse width
ISIR335/58	holotype	coracoid	left	width: 320, length: 480	Collection: Dongargaon Hill- Lieu: IN, Maharashtra, Chandrapur
ISIR335/57	holotype	scapula	left	length: 1080	Collection: Dongargaon Hill- Lieu: IN, Maharashtra, Chandrapur

Pas de modification récente.

Publication(s)

La base comprend 7 publication(s).

Source: The Paleobiology Database

↑¹J. A. Wilson and P. Upchurch. 2003. A revision of Titanosaurus Lydekker (Dinosauria – Sauropoda), the first dinosaur genus with a 'Gondwanan' distribution. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(3):125-160 (https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201903001044)
↑^{1 2}S. L. Jain and S. Bandyopadhyay. 1997. New titanosaurid (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of central India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(1):114-136 (https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1997.10010958)
↑¹D. M. Mohabey and B. Samant. 2013. Deccan continental flood basalt eruption terminated Indian dinosaurs before the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Geological Society of India Special Publication 1:260-267 (https://doi.org/10.17491/cgsi/2013/63310)
↑¹J. A. Wilson, D. M. Mohabey, and P. Lakra, A. Bhadran. 2019. Titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) vertebrae from the Upper Cretaceous Lameta Formation of western and central India. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 33(1):1-27
↑¹A. K. Srivastava and R. S. Mankar. 2013. A dinosaurian ulna from a new locality of Lameta succession, Salbardi area, districts Amravati, Maharashtra and Betul, Madhya Pradesh. Current Science 105(7):900-901
↑¹N. Sharma, R. K. Kar, and A. Agarwal, R. Kar. 2005. Fungi in dinosaurian (Isisaurus) coprolites from the Lameta Formation (Maastrichtian) and its reflection on food habit and environment. Micropaleontology 51(1):73-82 (https://doi.org/10.2113/51.1.73)
↑^{1 2}M. S. Malkani. 2020. Pakisaurus balochistani (Poripuchia, slender Titanosauria, Sauropoda) associated skeletons found from the latest Maastrichtian Vitakri Formation of Pakistan and referred fossils from India; filling of important missing links of Isisaurus colberti titanosaur found from Pakistan. Open Journal of Geology 10(4):408-447 (https://doi.org/10.4236/ojg.2020.104019)

Galerie d'images

Source: Wikimédia

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