Kotasaurus

Kota lizard

• Kota · Place name (Kota Formation, India) · the Kota Formation, where the fossils were found
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Kotasaurus is named after the Kota Formation, the rock unit in India where its bones were found, combined with the Greek word for "lizard". The type species, Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis, was named for the nearby village of Yamanpalli. It was an early, plant-eating sauropod-line dinosaur.

Named by

Yadagiri

Year named

1988

Period

Early Jurassic

Found in

Kota Formation, Telangana (formerly Andhra Pradesh), India

Generally regarded as a valid, basal sauropod (or near-sauropod sauropodomorph). The exact stage within the Early Jurassic is not given here because it is uncertain.