Dandakosaurus

Dandakosaurus (meaning "Dandakaranya lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Kota Formation, Andhra Pradesh, India. It lived 183 to 175 million years ago in the Toarcian, Early Jurassic. It is currently classified as Averostra incertae sedis, variously suggested to be a ceratosaur or basal tetanuran.[1][2]

Dandakosaurus
Temporal range: Toarcian
~183–175 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Averostra
Genus: †Dandakosaurus
Yadagiri 1982
Species
  • D. indicus Yadagiri 1982

The type species, D. indicus, was named by Yadagiri in 1982.[1] Little is known about the genus, as the only fossil evidence is a partial pubis - some paleontologists consider it to be a nomen dubium. In 2016 It was estimated to be 10 meters (33 feet) in length and 2.3 tonnes (2.5 short tons) in weight.[3]

See also

References
  1. Olshevsky, G. (1991). "A revision of the parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, excluding the advanced Crocodylia" (PDF). Mesozoic Meanderings 2. San Diego: 196.
  2. http://theropoddatabase.com/Megalosauroidea.htm#Dandakosaurusindicus
  3. Molina-Pérez & Larramendi (2016). Récords y curiosidades de los dinosaurios Terópodos y otros dinosauromorfos. Barcelona, Spain: Larousse. p. 257.


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