Perijasaurus Rincón et al. 2022 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: A. F. Rincón, D. A. Raad Pájaro, H. F. Jiménez Velandia, M. D. Ezcurra, and J. A. Wilson Mantilla. 2022. A sauropod from the Lower Jurassic La Quinta formation (Dept. Cesar, Colombia) and the initial diversification of eusauropods at low latitudes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2077112:1-24

Parent taxon: Eusauropoda according to A. F. Rincón et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Algoasaurus, Algoasaurus bauri, Bagualia, Bothriospondylus madagascariensis, Cardiodon, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosaurus glymptonensis, Datousaurus, Dystrophaeus, Ferganasaurus, Haestasaurus, Huashanosaurus, Janenschia, Jinchuanloong, Jobaria, Lapparentosaurus, Mamenchisauridae, Nebulasaurus, Neosauropoda, Ornithopsis leedsi, Ornithopsis leedsii, Rhoetosaurus, Shunosaurus, Tharosaurus, Tharosaurus indicus, Turiasauria

Subtaxa: Perijasaurus lapaz

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Type: Perijasaurus lapaz

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Arroyo Lameador, north of the Manaure-La Paz road (Jurassic of Colombia)

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