Issi

Say it like this: “IS-ee”

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Issi ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in GL.

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When: Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
Named in: 2021 · Beccari, V.; Mateus, O.; Wings, O.; Milàn, J.; Clemmensen, L. B.
Hip height: 1.2 m · 4 ft
Length: 4.7 m · 15 ft
Weight: 260 kg · 573 lb
Found in: GL · Malmros Klint
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
Family branch: Plateosauridae

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Issi was formally named in 2021 by V. Beccari and colleagues.

Fossils referred to Issi date to the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from GL, including the Malmros Klint Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Issi at a length near 4.7 m, hips about 1.2 m high, and a body mass around 260 kg.

On the family tree it sits in Plateosauridae, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Euskelosaurus

Euskelosaurus browni

Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago

Plateosaurus

Plateosaurus trossingensis

Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago

Yimenosaurus

Yimenosaurus youngi

Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · roughly 192.9 to 184.2 million years ago