Kotasaurus

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DV-0322Kota Fm., India

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

2 finds

190 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

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Kotasaurus: about 9 m (30 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

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