Dandakosaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dandakosaurus (meaning "Dandakaranya lizard") is a genus of extinct averostran theropod dinosaur from the Kota Formation, Andhra Pradesh, India. It lived 183 to 175 million years ago from the latest Pliensbachian to the late Toarcian stages of the Early Jurassic. Little is known about the genus and some paleontologists consider it to be a nomen dubium.
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Dandakosaurus | |
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Dandakosaurus restored as a Megalosauroid | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Genus: | †Dandakosaurus Yadagiri, 1982 |
Species: | †D. indicus |
Binomial name | |
†Dandakosaurus indicus Yadagiri, 1982 | |
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