#isisaurus

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Isisaurus colberti was a sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now India and Pakistan at the end of the Cretaceous Period, about 70-66 million years ago.

It was part of the titanosaur group of sauropods and had some unusual proportions* compared to its close relatives, with elongated forelimbs and a relatively short chunky neck. Since it's only known from a partial skeleton its full size is unknown – estimates have been made as large as 18m long (~60') but it was probably somewhat smaller, closer to around 11m in length (36').

(*Measurement errors in the original paper resulted in some very weird proportions, but more recent and rigorous reconstructions have made Isisaurus not quite so cursed-looking.)

Like most other titanosaurs it probably lacked the thumb claws seen in other sauropods, and it may also have had some bony osteoderm armor studding its skin.

Coprolites that may represent Isisaurus' poop show evidence of several different fungi that grow on tree leaves in humid tropical and subtropical climates, suggesting that this sauropod was a selective browser somewhat like modern giraffes.

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References:

Jain, Sohan L., and Saswati Bandyopadhyay. "New titanosaurid (Dinosauria: sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of central India." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17.1 (1997): 114-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1997.10010958

Naish, Darren. "The hands of sauropods: horseshoes, spiky columns, stumps and banana shapes." Tetrapod Zoology, 29 Oct. 2008, https://web.archive.org/web/20121022121526/http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/10/29/the-hands-of-sauropods/

Sharma, Neeta, et al. "Fungi in dinosaurian (Isisaurus) coprolites from the Lameta Formation (Maastrichtian) and its reflection on food habit and environment." Micropaleontology 51.1 (2005): 73-82. https://doi.org/10.2113/51.1.73

Wedel, Matt. "How shortweird was Isisaurus?" Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week, Aug. 13 2009, https://svpow.com/2009/08/13/how-shortweird-was-isisaurus/

Wikipedia contributors. “Isisaurus” Wikipedia, 27 Dec. 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isisaurus

Wilson, Jeffrey A., and Paul Upchurch. "A revision of Titanosaurus Lydekker (Dinosauria‐Sauropoda), the first dinosaur genus with a ‘Gondwanan’ distribution." Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1.3 (2003): 125-160. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477201903001044

[justgoji]

Seven Worlds, One Prehistoric Planet.

[blorbologist]

Lovely detail already at the start of episode two: these three Isisaurus all have unique markings!

It would have been so easy to just duplicate the model and texture, but nope - there’s a little variability between the individuals.

[From first appearance to last / right to left: Female #1 has a spot before her first long neck stripe and has more off-white covering the mouth seam, Female #2 has a really short first stripe that curves sharply towards the mouth, with a very thin stripe right after it, and final Female #3 who is only visible briefly has a very obvious, jagged darkly colored mouth seam and more spacing between her initial neck stripes]

And in another shot we see that some of them actually have some of these initial stripes merged into branching Ys:

It’s so cool to see so much effort put into making these feel like living, breathing animals

[vickysaurus]

Isisaurus simply walks into Mordor.

[best-fictional-pterosaur]

Millesaur [Xenoblade] vs. Isisaurus [Prehistoric Planet]

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

The squeaking of the baby Isisaurus have compromised me. I will be an emotional wreck for months. MONTHS.

[tsaagan]

I don’t really like Isisaurus. Because in Finnish ‘isi’ means ‘dad/daddy’. So I always think it as Daddysaurus.

Lets not talk about Mahakala. Stomachfish.

[amaruuk]

Made the chunky gator and some baby dinos from Prehistoric Planet 2 on stream!

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[breosaurus]

Sketch page of “Badlands” for season 2 of Prehistoric Planet! Lots of babies in this episode.

Also I got some of my custom brushes back, yay

[slogokonnor99]

Month recap time!

This month's drawings:

- Johanna plays with some baby Scutosaurus

- Two male Enchodus try to woo a female, but scare the crap out of David

- Frida falls for a booby trap and is now the subject of interest of a Camptosaurus

- A baby Isisaurus thinks Twig is its parent

[skyradiant]

Life of our Prehistoric Planet: Isisaurus colberti.

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In India, the sausages eat YOU

[2lim3rz]

I enjoy combining history and dinosaurs because both are super cool

[extinctworld-ua]

Isisaurus

Isisaurus — рід титанозаврових динозаврів з пізньокрейдової формації Ламета в Індії та формації Паб в Пакистані. Рід містить один вид, Isisaurus colberti.

Повний текст на сайті "Вимерлий світ":

https://extinctworld.in.ua/isisaurus/