''Iranosauripus'' is an ichnogenus of

dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic Geological period, period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the #Evolutio ...

footprint discovered in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

that supposedly belonged to a theropod. ''Iranosauripus'' supposedly existed during Middle Triassic-

Early Jurassic The Early Jurassic Epoch (geology), Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic series (stratigraphy), Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period. The Early Jurassic starts immediately after the Triassic� ...

, although the first true dinosaurs, such as '' Eoraptor'', did not exist until the

Late Triassic The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch (geology), epoch of the Triassic geologic time scale, Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between annum, Ma and Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by the Middle Triassic Epoch a ...

. The type ichnospecies, ''I. zerabensis'' was named in 1975.A. F. d.e. Lapparent and M. A. A. Nowgol Sadat. 1975. Une trace à pas de Dinosaure dans le Lias de l’Elbourz, en Iran. Conséquences de cette découverte dinosaur footprints in the Liassic of Elbourz, in Iran. Consequences of this discovery ''Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D'' 280:161-163

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Dinosaur trace fossils Fossil taxa described in 1975 {{Trace-fossil-stub

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