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The Kota Formation is a geological formation in India. It dates back to the Hettangian-Pliensbachian.^[1]

Dinosaurs of the Kota Formation ^[1]
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Genus: Barapasaurus B. tagorei	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.		Barapasaurus Barapasaurus
Genus: Kotasaurus K. yamanpaliensis	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.	"(=Halticosaurus sp.)" Note: Referred to as Liliensternus by Weishampel et al.
Genus: Theropoda Indeterminate remains.	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.	"(including Dandakosaurus indicus)"
Genus: Thyreophora Indeterminate remains.	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.

Insects of the Kota Formation^[2]^[3]
Taxa	Presence	Family/Order	Images
Genus: Taschigatra T. bharataja T. tulyabhijana	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.	Rhagionidae/Diptera
Genus: Kotaphialtites K. frankmortoni	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.	Ephialtitidae/Hymenoptera
Genus: Xyelula X. alexandri	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.	Sepulcidae/Hymenoptera

^ ^a ^b Weishampel, David B; et al (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 534–535. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
^ Mostovski M.B., Jarzembowski E.A. 2000. The first brachycerous flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from the Lower Jurassic of Gondwana. Paleontological Journal 34 (Suppl. 3): 367-369.[1]
^ Rasnitsyn A.P. 2008. New hymenopteran insects (Insecta: Vespida) from the Lower or Middle Jurassic of India. Paleontological Journal 42 (1): 81-85.[2]

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