Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Yadagiri 1988 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Alternative combinations: Kotasaurus yamanapalliensis, Kotasaurus yamenpalliensis

Full reference: 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

Belongs to Kotasaurus according to S. Bandyopadhyay et al. 2010

See also Avanzini et al. 2003, Bandyopadhyay 1999, Bandyopadhyay et al. 2003, Bandyopadhyay and Sengupta 2006, Galton 2019, González Riga and Ortiz David 2014, Khosla and Bajpai 2021, Langer et al. 2010, Mocho et al. 2014, Mohabey 2001, Mohabey 2011, Moser et al. 2006, Prasad and Parmar 2020, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Upchurch et al. 2004, Upchurch et al. 2007, Wilson 2002, Yadagiri 1993 and Yadagiri 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 21/SR/PAL, a set of postcrania (Ilium). Its type locality is Yamanpalli bonebed, Kota, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian coarse channel fill claystone/sandstone in the Kota Formation of India.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Yamanpalli bonebed, Kota

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