Barapasaurus

DV-0229 · type species Barapasaurus tagorei

Lived: 200 to 184 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet: Herbivore
Length: about 14 m (46 ft)
Group: Sauropods
Found in: India
Named by: Jain et al. 1975

Field notes

About Barapasaurus

Barapasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 184 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Barapasaurus, from India. Its fossils come from the Kota Formation. It was named by Jain et al. in 1975.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Barapasaurus?

Barapasaurus: about 14 m (46 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Kotasaurussauropod

Close relatives

Other members of Gravisauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. L. Jain, T. S. Kutty, and T. Roy-Chowdhury, S. Chatterjee. 1975. The sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 188:221-228