New Herbivorous Dinosaur Species Identified in Greenland | Sci.News
www.sci.news
Granskad: 2026-09-08
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.
Öppna källa ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Granskad: 2026-09-08
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.
Öppna källa ↗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
Granskad: 2026-09-08
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.
Öppna källa ↗The vertebrate-bearing Late Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of central East Greenland revisited: stratigraphy, palaeoclimate and new palaeontological data
Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Granskad: 2026-09-08
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.
Öppna källa ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Granskad: 2026-09-08
Describes the cranial and dental anatomy of Issi saaneq as that of a herbivorous plateosaurid sauropodomorph.
Öppna källa ↗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
Granskad: 2026-09-08
Extinct taxon; conservation status NE
Öppna källa ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Granskad: 2026-09-08
Authoritative overview of the species covering its anatomy, autapomorphies, ontogeny, relationships to Brazilian and German plateosaurids, and Norian age and locality in Greenland.
Öppna källa ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Granskad: 2026-09-08
Authoritative overview of the species covering its anatomy, autapomorphies, ontogeny, relationships to Brazilian and German plateosaurids, and Norian age and locality in Greenland.
Öppna källa ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Granskad: 2026-09-08
Authoritative overview of the species covering its anatomy, autapomorphies, ontogeny, relationships to Brazilian and German plateosaurids, and Norian age and locality in Greenland.
Öppna källa ↗Issi saaneq gen. et sp. nov.—A New Sauropodomorph Dinosaur from the Late Triassic (Norian) of Jameson Land, Central East Greenland
Diversity (MDPI)
Granskad: 2026-09-08
Authoritative overview of the species covering its anatomy, autapomorphies, ontogeny, relationships to Brazilian and German plateosaurids, and Norian age and locality in Greenland.
Öppna källa ↗