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Huayangosauridae

Isaberrysaura

Generic stegosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Isaberrysaura 6 m (19.7 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic stegosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Isaberrysaura
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Middle Jurassic (168 Mya)
Place
Argentina
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Huayangosauridae

Isaberrysaura is an extinct genus of stegosaurian ornithischian dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic Los Molles Formation of Patagonia, Argentina. The genus contains a single species, I. mollensis, described by Salgado in 2017 based on a single specimen. Although initially classified as a basal neornithischian, subsequent analyses have allied it with the Stegosauria as the morphology of its skull resembles those of other members of the group.

What we know

  • Named by Salgado et al., 2017.
  • Body length estimated at about 6 m.
  • Fossils found in Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Isaberrysaura — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.