Perijasaurus
| Perijasaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic, | |
|---|---|
| Speculative reconstruction based on relatives | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Eusauropoda |
| Genus: | †Perijasaurus Rincón et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †P. lapaz |
| Binomial name | |
| †Perijasaurus lapaz Rincón et al., 2022 | |
Perijasaurus (meaning "Perija lizard") is a genus of basal eusauropod sauropod dinosaur from the "Girón-type redbeds" of the La Quinta Formation of Cesar Department, north-eastern Colombia. The type species is Perijasaurus lapaz. It lived during the Toarcian-Aalenian boundary around 175 million years ago early to middle Jurassic period.