Perijasaurus
| Perijasaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
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| Speculative reconstruction based on relatives | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Eusauropoda |
| Genus: | †Perijasaurus Rincón et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †P. lapaz
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| Binomial name | |
| †Perijasaurus lapaz Rincón et al., 2022
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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).