Kotasaurus
Field photograph to come
Kotasaurus
DV-0322 · type species Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis
- Lived
- 200 to 184 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 9 m (30 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- India
- Named by
- Yadagiri 1988
Field notes
About Kotasaurus
Kotasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 200 to 184 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Kotasaurus, from India. Its fossils come from the Kota Formation. It was named by Yadagiri in 1988.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
190 million years ago
To scale
How big was Kotasaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Sauropoda.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. Yadagiri. 1988. A new sauropod Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis from Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 11:102-127