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
Iranosaurus Lapparent & 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

• 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