Kotasaurus

Name: Kotasaurus

Pronounced: Koe-tah-sore-us

Meaning: Kota lizard

Type: Sauropod

Length: 9 meters long

Diet: Herbivore

Period: Early Jurassic

Years: 205-180 million years ago

Location: India

Description: Kotasaurus is a genus of dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period, around 155-150 million years ago. It was a small, bipedal herbivorous dinosaur, with a total body length of around 3 meters (9.8 feet). Kotasaurus was discovered in the Kota Formation of India and was named by paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee in 1997. It is known from a single specimen, which includes a partial skull and several bones from the neck, back, and tail. The skull of Kotasaurus was elongated and had a distinctive, pointed snout, which may have been used to forage for food. The neck and back were also elongated, and the tail was relatively short and thin. Kotasaurus likely had a relatively fast, agile lifestyle, and may have used its elongated neck and snout to reach high into trees for food. It is classified as a member of the sauropodomorph group of dinosaurs, which includes a wide variety of plant-eating dinosaurs that were characterized by their long necks and tails.

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