Jainosaurus

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DV-0382Lameta Fm., India

Jainosaurus

DV-0382

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
India
Named by
Hunt et al. 1995

Field notes

About Jainosaurus

Jainosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Jainosaurus, from India. Its fossils come from the Lameta Formation. It was named by Hunt et al. in 1995.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Lithostrotia.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. P. Hunt, M. G. Lockley, and S. G. Lucas, C. A. Meyer. 1995. The global sauropod fossil record. Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:261-279