Genus
Valid Extinct

Barapasaurus

Jain et al. 1975
Etymology Reptile à grosses pattes

Barapasaurus is a genus of basal sauropod dinosaur from Jurassic rocks of India. The only species is B. tagorei. Barapasaurus comes from the lower part of the Kota Formation, which is of Early to Middle Jurassic in age. It is therefore one of the earliest known sauropods. Barapasaurus is known from approximately 300 bones from at least six individuals, so that the skeleton is almost completely known except for the anterior cervical vertebrae and the skull. This makes Barapasaurus one of the most completely known sauropods from the Early Jurassic.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Barapasaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Barapasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇳 India
2
Geological formations
Kota
2
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Barapasaurus tagorei 200 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
S. L. Jain, T. S. Kutty, and T. Roy-Chowdhury, S. Chatterjee. 1975. The sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 188:221-228
Bibliography (2)
S. Bandyopadhyay, D. D. Gillette, and S. Ray, D. P. Sengupta. 2010. Osteology of Barapasaurus tagorei (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Jurassic of India. Palaeontology 53(3):533-569 DOI ↗
S. L. Jain, T. S. Kutty, and T. Roy-Chowdhury, S. Chatterjee. 1975. The sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 188:221-228