Iyuku Iyuku

"hatchling"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Iyuku 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Africa · South Africa
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Iyuku (meaning “hatchling”, pronounced “eye-yoo-koo”) is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation of South Africa. The type species is Iyuku raathi.

What we know

  • Named by Forster et al., 2022.
  • Fossils found in Africa and South Africa.