Iranosauripus Explained

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

Notes and References

1. M. T. Carrano. 2020. Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria.
2. [Philippe Taquet|P. Taquet]
3. Book: Glut, Donald F. . Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia . 3rd supplement . 2003 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . Jefferson, North Carolina . 0-7864-1166-X . Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs . 613–652 . registration . https://archive.org/details/dinosaursencyclo00glut_2 .
4. Brusatte . Stephen L. . Stephen L. Brusatte . Benton . Michael J. . Ruta . Marcello . Marcello Ruta . Lloyd . Graeme T. . September 12, 2008 . Superiority, Competition, and Opportunism in the Evolutionary Radiation of Dinosaurs . Science . Washington, D.C. . American Association for the Advancement of Science . 321 . 5895 . 1485–1488 . 10.1126/science.1161833 . 2008Sci...321.1485B . 0036-8075 . 18787166 . 2019-10-22. 20.500.11820/00556baf-6575-44d9-af39-bdd0b072ad2b . 13393888 . free .
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