IYUKU
a plant-eating iguanodontian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa.
Pronunciation: eye-YOO-koo
Meaning: Hatchling
Author/s: Forster
et al. (
2022)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Cape Province, South Africa
Discovery Chart Position: #1072
Iyuku raathi
(Raath's Hatchling)Etymology
Iyuku is derived from the Xhosa word for "hatchling".
The
species epithet,
raathi, honours South African palaeontologist Mike Raath.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Valanginian
Age range: 140-133 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Forster CA, Poole KE, De klerk WJ, Chinsamy-Turan A and Roberts EM (2012) "A new taxon of iguanodontoid dinosaur from the Kirkwood Formation (Valanginian) of South Africa based on an assemblage of juvenile specimens".
72nd Annual Meeting
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2012, Page 95.
• Poole KE (2015-08-31) "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Iguanodontian Dinosaurs, with Implications from Ontogeny and an Examination of the Function of the Fused Carpal-Digit I Complex".
PhD thesis. The George Washington University. pp. 1–207
• Forster CA, de Klerk WJ, Poole KE, Chinsamy-Turan A, Roberts EM and Ross CF (2022) "
Iyuku raathi, a new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation, South Africa".
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.1002/ar.25038
• Poole KE (2022) "Placing juvenile specimens in phylogenies: An ontogenetically sensitive phylogenetic assessment of a new genus of iguanodontian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation, South Africa".
The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)
DOI: 10.1002/ar.25095
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