Dandakosaurus
| Dandakosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 183-175Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | Theropoda |
| (unranked): | Tetanurae |
| Genus: | Dandakosaurus Yadagiri, 1982 |
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Dandakosaurus (meaning "Dandakaranya lizard") is a genus of theropod dinosaur from Andhra Pradesh, India. It lived 183 - 175 million years ago in the Toarcian, Early Jurassic. It is currently classified as Neoceratosauria incertae sedis but may in fact be a ceratosaurid or basal tetanuran.[1]
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.
References
- β 1.0 1.1 Olshevsky, G. (1991). "A revision of the parainfraclass Archosauria Cope, 1869, excluding the advanced Crocodylia" (PDF). Mesozoic Meanderings 2 (San Diego): 196.