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 Triassic India omnivore — Archaeodontosaurus Jurassic Madagascar herbivore — Barapasaurus Jurassic India herbivore — Bothriospondylus Jurassic Madagascar herbivore — Brachypodosaurus Cretaceous India herbivore — Bruhathkayosaurus Cretaceous India herbivore — Coeluroides Cretaceous India carnivore — Compsosuchus Cretaceous India carnivore — Dandakosaurus Jurassic India carnivore — Dryptosauroides Cretaceous India carnivore — Indosaurus Cretaceous India carnivore — Indosuchus Cretaceous India carnivore — Isisaurus Cretaceous India herbivore — Jainosaurus Cretaceous India herbivore — Jubbulpuria Cretaceous India carnivore — Kotasaurus Jurassic India herbivore — Laevisuchus Cretaceous India carnivore — Lametasaurus (unknown) India (unknown) (chimera) Lamplughsaura Jurassic India herbivore — Lapparentosaurus Jurassic Madagascar herbivore — Majungasaurus Cretaceous Madagascar carnivore — Masiakasaurus Cretaceous Madagascar carnivore — Ornithomimoides Cretaceous India carnivore — Orthogoniosaurus Cretaceous India carnivore — Pradhania Jurassic India herbivore? — Rahonavis Cretaceous Madagascar carnivore — Rahiolisaurus Cretaceous India carnivore — Rajasaurus Cretaceous India carnivore — Rapetosaurus Cretaceous Madagascar herbivore — Titanosaurus Cretaceous India herbivore —
Key
| Nomen dubium |
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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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