Composite skeleton from the fossils of multiple individuals
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Clade:
Archosauromorpha
Clade:
Crocopoda
Clade:
†Allokotosauria
Family:
†Azendohsauridae
Genus:
†Shringasaurus Sengupta et al., 2017
Species:
†S. indicus
Binomial name
†Shringasaurus indicus
Sengupta et al., 2017
Shringasaurus (meaning "horned lizard", from Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga), "horn", and Ancient Greek σαῦρος (sauros), "lizard") is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of India. It is known from the type and only known species, S. indicus. Shringasaurus is known from the Denwa Formation in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Shringasaurus was an allokotosaur, a group of unusual herbivorous reptiles from the Triassic, and is most closely related to the smaller and better known Azendohsaurus in the family Azendohsauridae. Like some ceratopsid dinosaurs, Shringasaurus had two large horns over its eyes that faced up and forwards from its skull. Shringasaurus also bears convergent physical similarities to sauropodomorph dinosaurs, such as its long neck, its shoulders and forelimbs, and the shape of its teeth. Shringasaurus possibly occupied a similar ecological niche as a large browsing herbivore before such dinosaurs had evolved.[1][2]
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^Sengupta, S.; Bandyopadhyay, S. (2022). "The osteology of Shringasaurus indicus, an archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic Denwa Formation, Satpura Gondwana Basin, Central India". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (5): e2010740. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.2010740. S2CID 247038160.
known species, S. indicus. Shringasaurus is known from the Denwa Formation in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Shringasaurus was an allokotosaur, a group...
three-crowned teeth), Teraterpeton (which had a long beak-like snout), and Shringasaurus (a horned herbivore which reached a body length of 3–4 metres (9.8–13...
shape. It was robustly built–albeit less bulky than Azendohsaurus or Shringasaurus–with deep shoulders, sprawling limbs and the characteristically long...
Triassic of India by Saradee Sengupta and colleagues, named Shringasaurus indicus. Shringasaurus was very similar to Azendohsaurus, and they were found to...
other genera: the basal genus Pamelaria, the large horned herbivore Shringasaurus, and two carnivorous genera grouped into the subfamily-level subclade...
possibly a member of Protorosauria. The type species is P. zhenyuensis. Shringasaurus Gen. et sp. nov Valid Sengupta, Ezcurra & Bandyopadhyay Middle Triassic...
(2022). A study on the skeletal anatomy and phylogenetic affinities of Shringasaurus indicus is published by Sengupta & Bandyopadhyay (2022). A new time...
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