Kranosaura
Extinct genus of archosauriform reptile
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Kranosaura is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptile from the Late Triassic Upper Maleri Formation of India. It contains a single species, K. kuttyi.
| Kranosaura Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Clade: | †Protopyknosia |
| Genus: | †Kranosaura Nesbitt et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †K. kuttyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kranosaura kuttyi Nesbitt et al., 2021 | |
Discovery and naming
Description
It had an unusually domed head reminiscent of the later pachycephalosaurian dinosaurs in an example of convergent evolution, similar to that of Triopticus.[2] Kranosaura was the sister taxon to Triopticus, with which it forms the clade Protopyknosia.[1]
