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Kota Formation
Kota Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian
Type	Geological formation
Location
Country	India

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

Ornithodires reported from the Kota Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Genus: Barapasaurus^[1] B. tagorei^[1]	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.^[1]		Barapasaurus Barapasaurus Campylognathoides
Genus: Campylognathoides^[2] C. indicus^[2]	Geographically present in the Chanda District of Deccan India.^[2]
Genus: Kotasaurus^[1] K. yamanpaliensis^[1]	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.^[1]	"Nearly complete skeleton without skull."^[3]
Suborder: Theropoda^[1] Indeterminate remains.^[1]	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.^[1]	"(including Dandakosaurus indicus)"^[1]
Genus: Thyreophora^[1] Indeterminate remains.^[1]	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.^[1]

Insects of the Kota Formation^[4]^[5]
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Genus: Kotaphialtites K. frankmortoni	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.	A ephialtitid hymenopteran.
Genus: Taschigatra T. bharataja T. tulyabhijana	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.	A rhagionid dipteran.
Genus: Xyelula X. alexandri	Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.	A sepulcid hymenopteran.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wellnhofer, Peter (1991). "Summary of Lower Jurassic Pterosaurs." The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs. London, UK: Salamander Books Limited. p. 79. ISBN 0-86101-566-5.
^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 261.
^ 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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-* ''[[Campylognathoides]]''<ref name="jurptersum">Wellnhofer, Peter (1991). "Summary of Lower Jurassic Pterosaurs." ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs.'' London, UK: Salamander Books Limited. p. 79. ISBN 0-86101-566-5.</ref>
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