Iani
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Iani 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- 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.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Iani — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.