Godavarisaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Godavarisaurus is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile from the Early-Middle Jurassic Kota Formation of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is known from jaw fragments (including the maxilla, premaxilla, and parts of the dentary). It was a small sphenodontian, with the skull estimated to be less than 2 centimetres (0.79 in) long.[1] It is generally considered to be a relatively basal sphenodontian that lies outside Eusphenodontia.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Suborder: | Sphenodontia |
| Genus: | †Godavarisaurus Evans, Prasad & Manhas, 2001[1] |
| Species: | †G. lateefi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Godavarisaurus lateefi Evans, Prasad & Manhas, 2001 | |
Cladogram following Sues and Schoch, 2023:[3]
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