Perijasaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
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Speculative reconstruction based on relatives | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Eusauropoda |
Genus: | †Perijasaurus Rincón et al., 2022 |
Species: | †P. lapaz
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Binomial name | |
†Perijasaurus lapaz Rincón et al., 2022
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Perijasaurus (meaning "Perija lizard") is a genus of basal eusauropod sauropod dinosaur from the "Girón-type redbeds" of the La Quinta Formation of Cesar Department, north-eastern Colombia. The type species is Perijasaurus lapaz. It lived during the Toarcian-Aalenian boundary around 175 million years ago early to middle Jurassic period.[1]