Iani Iani

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Iani 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (99.5 Mya)
Place
North America · United States · Utah, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Tenontosauridae

Iani (after Ianus) is an extinct genus of rhabdodontomorph iguanodontian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah, United States. The genus contains a single species, I. smithi, known from a partial skeleton including the skull. Its discovery serves as a link between the genus Tenontosaurus and the Rhabdodontidae, with both along with Iani being members of the clade Rhabdodontomorpha.

What we know

  • Named by Zanno et al., 2023.
  • Fossils found in North America and United States.