Isisaurus
ee-see-SORE-us /ˌiːsiˈsɔːrəs/
Accepted genus
Indian Statistical Institute lizard
- ISI · English (acronym) · Indian Statistical Institute
- sauros · Greek · lizard
Isisaurus honours the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), whose researchers studied and collected the fossils. It combines the institute's initials with the Greek word for lizard. The species was first described in 1997 as Titanosaurus colberti and was moved to its own genus later.
- Named by
- Wilson and Upchurch
- Year named
- 2003
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Stage
- Maastrichtian
- Found in
- Lameta Formation, India
A titanosaurian sauropod. The type species is Isisaurus colberti, originally named Titanosaurus colberti by Jain and Bandyopadhyay in 1997. Wilson and Upchurch (2003) gave it a new genus name.