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

Vertebrate fauna

Dinosaurs of the Kota Formation [1]
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. B. tagorei

Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.

Barapasaurus


Barapasaurus

Genus:

  1. K. yamanpaliensis

Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.

"(=Halticosaurus sp.)" Note: Referred to as Liliensternus by Weishampel et al.

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.

Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.

"(including Dandakosaurus indicus)"

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.

Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.

Invertebrate fauna

Insects of the Kota Formation[2][3]
Taxa Presence Family/Order Images

Genus:

  1. T. bharataja
  2. T. tulyabhijana

Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.

Rhagionidae/Diptera

Genus:

  1. K. frankmortoni

Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.

Ephialtitidae/Hymenoptera

Genus:

  1. X. alexandri

Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.

Sepulcidae/Hymenoptera

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  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]
  3. ^ Rasnitsyn A.P. 2008. New hymenopteran insects (Insecta: Vespida) from the Lower or Middle Jurassic of India. Paleontological Journal 42 (1): 81-85.[2]