Godavarisaurus

Name: Godavarisaurus.
Phonetic: God-ah-vah-re-sor-us.
Named By: S.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Evans,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬V.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Prasad,‭ ‬and B.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Manhas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Diapsida,‭ ‬Lepidosauromorpha,‭ (‬Rhynchocephalia‭) ‬Lepidosauria,‭ ‬Sphenodontia,‭ ‬Sphenodontidae.
Species: G.‭ ‬lateefi‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: India‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kota Formation.
Time period: Hettangian/Pliensbachian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Godavarisaurus is a genus of lepidosaur that lived in India during the early Jurassic,‭ ‬and may have resembled a modern day Tuatara.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Rhynchocephalians‭ (‬Diapsida:‭ ‬Lepidosauria‭) ‬from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India.‭ ‬Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society‭ ‬133:309-334.‭ ‬-‭ ‬S.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Evans,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬V.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Prasad,‭ ‬and B.‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Manhas‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.

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