Dravidosaurus
Dravidosaurus
dra-vid-oh-sore-us
'Dravidanadu lizard'

3.0m-long ankylosaurid
The holotype (the specimen that was used to formally describe the new species) was once thought to be from a plesiosaur (a marine reptile), but is now considered to be a stegosaurian dinosaur. However, the taxonomy is not agreed.
Taxonomic details
Taxonomy: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Thyreophora, Stegosauria, Stegosauridae
Named by: Yadagiri and Ayyasami (1979)
Type species: blanfordi
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