List of Indian and Madagascan dinosaurs
This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from India or Madagascar. Though widely separated today, India and Madagascar were connected throughout much of the Mesozoic and shared similar dinosaur faunas, distinct from what has been found on other modern African and Asian landmasses.
List of Indian and Madagascan dinosaurs
Name Period Location Diet[1] Notes Alwalkeria Late Triassic India omnivore — Archaeodontosaurus Middle Jurassic Madagascar herbivore — Barapasaurus Early Jurassic India herbivore — Brachypodosaurus Late Cretaceous India herbivore — Bruhathkayosaurus Late Cretaceous India herbivore — Coeluroides Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Compsosuchus Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Dandakosaurus Early Jurassic India carnivore — Dahalokely Late Cretaceous Madagascar carnivore - Dryptosauroides Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Indosaurus Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Indosuchus Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Isisaurus Late Cretaceous India herbivore — Jainosaurus Late Cretaceous India herbivore — Jaklapallisaurus Late Triassic India omnivore — Jubbulpuria Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Kotasaurus Early Jurassic India herbivore — Laevisuchus Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Lametasaurus Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Lamplughsaura Early Jurassic India herbivore — Lapparentosaurus Middle Jurassic Madagascar herbivore — Majungasaurus Late Cretaceous Madagascar carnivore — Masiakasaurus Late Cretaceous Madagascar carnivore — Nambalia Late Triassic India omnivore — Ornithomimoides Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Orthogoniosaurus Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Pradhania Early Jurassic India omnivore — Rahonavis Late Cretaceous Madagascar carnivore — Rahiolisaurus Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Rajasaurus Late Cretaceous India carnivore — Rapetosaurus Late Cretaceous Madagascar herbivore — Titanosaurus Late Cretaceous India herbivore — Vahiny Late Cretaceous Madagascar herbivore —
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Criteria for inclusion
- The creature must appear on the List of dinosaurs.
- Fossils of the creature must have been found in India or Madagascar.
- This list is a complement to Category:Dinosaurs of India and Madagascar.
Timeline
This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in Ma, megaannum, along the x-axis.
Notes
- ↑ Diet is sometimes hard to determine for dinosaurs and should be considered a "best guess".
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