Biology:Godavarisaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles


Godavarisaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
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Godavarisaurus

Evans et al., 2001
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  • G. lateefi Evans et al., 2001[1]

Godavarisaurus is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile from the Early-Middle Jurassic Kota Formation of Andhra Pradesh, India . It is known from jaw fragments (including the maxilla, premaxilla, and parts of the dentary). It was a small sphenodontian, with the skull estimated to be less than 2 centimetres (0.79 in) long.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Evans, S. E.; Prasad, G. V. R.; Manhas, B. K. (2001). "Rhynchocephalians (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133 (3): 309–334. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00629.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5576198 entry