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long-neck giant
Kotasaurus
Say it like this: “KOH-tuh-SOR-uhs”
Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis
Kotasaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian) · roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1988 · Yadagiri, P.
- Hip height
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 9 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- 2.5 tonnes
- Found in
- India · Kota
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Sauropoda
The story in short
The genus Kotasaurus dates to 1988, the year P. Yadagiri described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Kotasaurus date to the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian · Pliensbachian), roughly 199.5 to 184.2 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Kota Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Kotasaurus at a length near 9 m, hips about 3 m high, and a body mass around 2.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Sauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aepisaurus
Aepisaurus elephantinus
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Amygdalodon
Amygdalodon patagonicus
Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian · Toarcian) · roughly 192.9 to 174.7 million years ago
Archaeodontosaurus
Archaeodontosaurus descouensi
Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) · roughly 168.2 to 165.3 million years ago