New Herbivorous Dinosaur Species Identified in Greenland | Sci.News
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VERIFY:fossil_regions: stored=["europe","north_america"] suggested=["north_america"] confidence=medium — The type and paratype skulls of Issi saaneq come only from the Malmros Klint Formation, Fleming Fjord Group, Jameson Land, central East Greenland, part of the North American plate; no European occurrences of the taxon are reported in the describing paper (Beccari et al. 2021, Diversity 13: 561) or subsequent literature.
Åpne kilde ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
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Peer-reviewed original description erecting Issi saaneq and placing it within Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Plateosauria, Plateosauridae on the basis of two skulls and phylogenetic analysis.
Åpne kilde ↗Triassic lithostratigraphy of the Jameson Land Basin (central East Greenland), with emphasis on the new Fleming Fjord Group
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
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Revises the lithostratigraphy of the Jameson Land Basin and defines the Malmros Klint Formation within the Fleming Fjord Group, documenting the geographic and stratigraphic extent of the beds that yield Issi saaneq.
Åpne kilde ↗The vertebrate-bearing Late Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of central East Greenland revisited: stratigraphy, palaeoclimate and new palaeontological data
Geological Society, London, Special Publications
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Reconstructs the Late Triassic lake and floodplain palaeoenvironment, monsoonal seasonal climate and associated vertebrate fauna of the Fleming Fjord succession in which Issi saaneq lived.
Åpne kilde ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Sjekket: 8.9.2026
Describes the cranial and dental anatomy of Issi saaneq as that of a herbivorous plateosaurid sauropodomorph.
Åpne kilde ↗Triassic lithostratigraphy of the Jameson Land Basin (central East Greenland), with emphasis on the new Fleming Fjord Group
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
Sjekket: 8.9.2026
Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Åpne kilde ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Sjekket: 8.9.2026
Authoritative overview of the species covering its anatomy, autapomorphies, ontogeny, relationships to Brazilian and German plateosaurids, and Norian age and locality in Greenland.
Åpne kilde ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Sjekket: 8.9.2026
Authoritative overview of the species covering its anatomy, autapomorphies, ontogeny, relationships to Brazilian and German plateosaurids, and Norian age and locality in Greenland.
Åpne kilde ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Sjekket: 8.9.2026
Authoritative overview of the species covering its anatomy, autapomorphies, ontogeny, relationships to Brazilian and German plateosaurids, and Norian age and locality in Greenland.
Åpne kilde ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Sjekket: 8.9.2026
Authoritative overview of the species covering its anatomy, autapomorphies, ontogeny, relationships to Brazilian and German plateosaurids, and Norian age and locality in Greenland.
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