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Perijasaurus
Genus of sauropod dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Perijasaurus (meaning "Perija lizard") is a genus of basal eusauropod sauropod dinosaur from the "Girón-type redbeds" of the La Quinta Formation of Cesar Department, north-eastern Colombia. The type species is Perijasaurus lapaz. It lived during the Toarcian-Aalenian boundary around 175 million years ago early to middle Jurassic period.[1]
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Perijasaurus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Eusauropoda |
Genus: | †Perijasaurus Rincón et al., 2022 |
Species: | †P. lapaz |
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†Perijasaurus lapaz Rincón et al., 2022 | |
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