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Ischisaurus

“`html Ischisaurus Ischisaurus (ISS-kee-SAWR-us; “Ischigualasto lizard”) is a genus of early carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, approximately 231 to 228 million years ago, in what is now Argentina. It was first named and described by paleontologist Osvaldo Reig in 1963, based on a partial skeleton discovered in the famous Ischigualasto Formation. […]

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Isisaurus

“`html Isisaurus: Profile of a Prehistoric Giant Isisaurus Isisaurus (EYE-sih-SAWR-us; “Indian Statistical Institute lizard” or “Isis lizard”) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, specifically the Maastrichtian stage, about 70 to 66 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Lameta Formation of India. The name Isisaurus

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Issasaurus

“`html Issasaurus Issasaurus (EE-sah-SAWR-us; “Issa’s lizard”) is a genus of small ornithopod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 125 to 113 million years ago. Fossils of Issasaurus have been discovered in rock formations in what is now West Africa. The name “Issasaurus” refers to the Issa region where the first significant remains

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Itemirus

“`html Itemirus: Profile of a Cretaceous Predator Itemirus Itemirus (EE-teh-MEER-us; “from Itemir”) is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, approximately 92 to 90 million years ago, in what is now Uzbekistan. The name Itemirus refers to the Itemir locality where its only known fossil, a well-preserved braincase, was discovered.

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Iuticosaurus

Iuticosaurus Iuticosaurus (YOO-tih-koh-SAWR-us; “Jute lizard” or “Isle of Wight lizard”) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 130 to 125 million years ago. Its fossils were discovered in the Wessex Formation on the Isle of Wight, England. The name Iuticosaurus refers to the Jutes, an early Germanic

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