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early long-neck
Jaklapallisaurus
Say it like this: “yak-luh-pah-lee-sor-us”
Jaklapallisaurus asymmetricus
Jaklapallisaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Triassic. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Novas, F. E.; Ezcurra, M. D.; Chatterjee, S.; Kutty, T. S.
- Hip height
- 1.2 m · 4 ft
- Length
- 4.5 m · 15 ft
- Weight
- 240 kg · 529 lb
- Found in
- India · Maleri
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
- Family branch
- Unaysauridae
The story in short
The genus Jaklapallisaurus dates to 2010, the year F. E. Novas and colleagues described it. The name means “jaklapal lizard.”
Fossils referred to Jaklapallisaurus date to the Late Triassic (Norian), roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Maleri Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Jaklapallisaurus at a length near 4.5 m, hips about 1.2 m high, and a body mass around 240 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Unaysauridae, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.