Genus
Valid Extinct

Isisaurus

Wilson and Upchurch 2003
Etymology Nommé d’après l’Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) qui héberge la plus importante collection de fossiles de vertébrés du Mésozoïque en Inde et dont les membres découvrirent et décrivirent l’holotype ; et bien sûr du Grec ''sauros'', lézard.

Isisaurus is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Lameta Formation of India and Pab Formation of Pakistan. The genus contains a single species, Isisaurus colberti.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Isisaurus
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Digital illustration of the Sauropod Dinosaur Isisaurus colberti from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of India (72.2-66 MYA). References include Jain & Bandyopadhyay (1997), several papers from Wilson et al. and skeletal reconstruction by Scott Hartman. Illustrated by Ansh Saxena. About Isisaurus– Isisaurus colberti (=Titanosaurus colberti) was a species of Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) age in the Indian Subcontinent. Isisaurus lived sympatrically with another Titanosaurian Sauropod Jainosaurus. It also lived alongside Theropods like Rajasaurus, Rahiolisaurus, Indosuchus etc. Remains of Isisaurus come from the Lameta formation of Central India. © Ansh Saxena · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Isisaurus
Isisaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Lithostrotia Unranked clade
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Saltasauroidea Superfamily
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Isisaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
11 m ⓘ
Isisaurus colberti
Mass
11 500 kg ⓘ
Isisaurus colberti
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇳 India
5
🇵🇰 Pakistan
2
Geological formations
Lameta
4
Vitakri
2
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
7
Species (1)
Isisaurus colberti 72 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
J. 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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (6)
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 DOI ↗
J. 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
D. 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 DOI ↗
A. 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
N. 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 DOI ↗
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 DOI ↗