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* [http://www.jpinstitute.com/dinopedia/dino_factcards/dfkotas.html Illustration of ''Kotasaurus''] |
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| Genus: | Kotasaurus Yadagiri, 1988
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| Species: | K. yamanpalliensis
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Kotasaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic. It was an early sauropod, sharing some similarities with prosauropods. Its fossils were found in 1988, in India, near a place called Yemanpallis, in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
It is the most primitive known sauropod, and is similar to prosauropods in some ways (the hip bones). This quadrupedal plant-eater was about 30 ft (9 m) long. It had a bulky body, a long tail and a long neck. It is known from a partial skeleton found in India (with no skull). (Source for the second paragraph: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/indexk.shtml)
The type species, K. yamanpalliensis, was described by Yadagiri in 1988.
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- http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6bd48.htm
- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/indexk.shtml
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