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.
Diet
Insectivore?
Species
G. lateefi
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.
- 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.
