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Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis was named by Yadagiri (1988). Its type specimen is 21/SR/PAL, a set of postcrania (Ilium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yamanpalli bonebed, Kota, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian coarse channel fill claystone/sandstone in the Kota Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Yadagiri
1993Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Yadagiri p. 214
1999Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Bandyopadhyay p. 311
2001Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Mohabey p. 480
2001Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Yadagiri p. 243
2002Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Wilson p. 248
2003Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Avanzini et al. p. 190
2003Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Bandyopadhyay et al. p. 31A
2004Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Upchurch et al. p. 261
2006Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Bandyopadhyay and Sengupta p. 79
2006Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Moser et al. p. 35
2006Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Royo-Torres et al. fig. S4
2007Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Upchurch et al. p. 76
2010Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Bandyopadhyay et al. p. 535
2010Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Langer et al. p. 89
2011Kotasaurus yamenpalliensis Mohabey p. 131
2014Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis González Riga and Ortiz David p. 7
2014Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Mocho et al.
2019Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Galton p. 209
2020Kotasaurus yamanapalliensis Prasad and Parmar p. 1
2021Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Khosla and Bajpai p. 195

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
genusKotasaurus
speciesyamanpalliensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis Yadagiri 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2005-08-24 13:35:10
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:35:10
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.30000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.3 - 182.7India (Andhra Pradesh) Carnosauria indet., Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 22665)