“Andhrasaurus indicus”
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Dinosaur: "Andhrasaurus indicus"
Length*: | 3.8 m | 12.5 ft |
Weight*: | 270 kg | 595 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Sinemurian-Pliensbachian
Years: 199.3–182.7 Ma
Details
Status: nomen nudum
Author: Ulansky
Year: 2014
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: India
Region: Andhra Pradesh
Formation: Kota
Classification
Sources
Material: Maxillae and dentaries, a few vertebral centra, fragments of ilium and scapula, dermal armor.
References: Galton, Peter M. & Carpenter, Kenneth, (2016), "The plated dinosaur Stegosaurus longispinus Gilmore, 1914 (Dinosauria: Ornithischia; Upper Jurassic, western USA), type species of Alcovasaurus n. gen."