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Dravidosaurus

Information

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.

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Fact file

Pronounced

dra-vid-oh-sore-us

Meaning of name

Dravidanadu lizard

Length

  3m

Diet

herbivorous

When it lived

Late Cretaceous
(89 - 86 million years ago)

Found in

India

Taxonomic details