List of Indian and Madagascan dinosaurs

This is a lists of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from the Indian subcontinent or Madagascar. Though widely separated today, the Indian subcontinent 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.

The Indian fossil record of dinosaurs is good, with fossils coming from the entire Mesozoic era – starting with the Triassic period (a geological period that started 251.9 million years ago and continued till 201.3 million years ago), to the Jurassic period (201 million years ago to 145 million years ago) and Cretaceous period (from 145 million years ago to 66 million years ago), when globally all non-avian dinosaurs and 65 per cent of all life became extinct. [1] Madagascar also preserves various unique dinosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous.

Criteria for inclusion

  • The creature must appear on the List of dinosaur genera.
  • Fossils of the creature must have been found in India or Madagascar.
  • This list is a complement to Category:Dinosaurs of India and Madagascar.

List of Indian and Madagascan dinosaurs

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NamePeriodLocationDiet[2]Notes
AlwalkeriaLate TriassicIndiaomnivoreA very primitive dinosaur.
ArchaeodontosaurusMiddle JurassicMadagascarherbivorePossibly a sauropod with "prosauropod"-like teeth.
BarapasaurusEarly JurassicIndiaherbivoreOne of the first large sauropods.
BrachypodosaurusLate CretaceousIndiaherbivoreProbably an ankylosaur.
BruhathkayosaurusLate CretaceousIndiaherbivoreMay have been one of the largest dinosaurs, known from some remains which are now lost.
CoeluroidesLate CretaceousIndiacarnivorePossibly a noasaur.
CompsosuchusLate CretaceousIndiacarnivorePossibly a noasaur.
DandakosaurusEarly JurassicIndiacarnivoreEither a ceratosaur or a tetanuran.
DahalokelyLate CretaceousMadagascarcarnivoreAn abelisaur.
DryptosauroidesLate CretaceousIndiacarnivorePossibly an abelisaur.
IndosaurusLate CretaceousIndiacarnivoreA large abelisaur.
IndosuchusLate CretaceousIndiacarnivoreA small abelisaur.
IsisaurusLate CretaceousIndiaherbivoreA titanosaur with an unusually thick neck.
JainosaurusLate CretaceousIndiaherbivoreOriginally assigned to Antarctosaurus.
JaklapallisaurusLate TriassicIndiaherbivoreA member of the clade Unaysauridae.
JubbulpuriaLate CretaceousIndiacarnivorePossibly a theropod. Almost nothing is known about this animal.
KotasaurusEarly JurassicIndiaherbivoreA small basal sauropod.
LaevisuchusLate CretaceousIndiacarnivorePossibly a noasaur.
LametasaurusLate CretaceousIndiacarnivoreA dubious abelisaurid. Reportedly armor plates have been found with the specimen.
LamplughsauraEarly JurassicIndiaherbivoreA basal sauropodomorph.
LapparentosaurusMiddle JurassicMadagascarherbivoreOriginally considered a species of Bothriospondylus.
MajungasaurusLate CretaceousMadagascarcarnivoreAn abelisaur that may have been cannibalistic.
MasiakasaurusLate CretaceousMadagascarcarnivoreA strange noasaur with forward-pointing teeth. It may have been a fish eater.
NambaliaLate TriassicIndiaomnivoreA basal sauropodomorph.
OrnithomimoidesLate CretaceousIndiacarnivorePossibly an abelisaur.
OrthogoniosaurusLate CretaceousIndiacarnivorePossibly an abelisaur.
PradhaniaEarly JurassicIndiaomnivoreA basal sauropodomorph.
RahonavisLate CretaceousMadagascarcarnivoreEither a dromaeosaurid capable of flight or a primitive bird.
RahiolisaurusLate CretaceousIndiacarnivoreAn abelisaur.
RajasaurusLate CretaceousIndiacarnivoreAn abelisaur.
RapetosaurusLate CretaceousMadagascarherbivoreA titanosaur known from relatively complete remains.
TitanosaurusLate CretaceousIndiaherbivoreThe namesake of the Titanosauria and the Titanosauriformes. Currently considered dubious.
VahinyLate CretaceousMadagascarherbivoreA titanosaur.

Timeline

This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in Ma, megaannum, along the x-axis.

MesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceousRapetosaurusRajasaurusRahonavisRahiolisaurusOrthogoniosaurusOrnithomimoidesMajungasaurusLaevisuchusJubbulpuriaJainosaurusIsisaurusIndosuchusIndosaurusCompsosuchusCoeluroidesBrachypodosaurusBruhathkayosaurusMasiakasaurusDravidosaurusBothriospondylusLapparentosaurusDandakosaurusBarapasaurusKotasaurusArchaeodontosaurusLamplughsauraPradhaniaAlwalkeriaMesozoicTriassicJurassicCretaceous

See also

Notes

  1. "Science or sci-fi? The ignorance about dinosaurs in India".
  2. Diet is sometimes hard to determine for dinosaurs and should be considered a "best guess".
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