Kranosaura

Kranosaura
Temporal range: Late Triassic,
~220–211 Ma
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Kranosaura

Nesbitt et al., 2021
Binomial name
Kranosaura kuttyi
Nesbitt et al., 2021

Kranosaura is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptile from the Late Triassic Maleri Formation of India. It contains a single species, K. kuttyi, described in 2021 by Sterling Nesbitt et al.[1] It has an unusually domed head reminiscent of the later pachycephalosaurian dinosaurs in an example of convergent evolution, similar to that of Triopticus.[2] Kranosaura was also the sister taxon to Triopticus, of which it forms the new clade Protopyknosia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Nesbitt, S. J.; Stocker, M. R.; Chatterjee, S.; Horner, J. R.; Goodwin, M. B. (2021). "A remarkable group of thick‐headed Triassic Period archosauromorphs with a wide, possibly Pangean distribution". Journal of Anatomy. In press. doi:10.1111/joa.13414. PMID 33660262.
  2. ^ Stocker, M.R.; Nesbitt, S.J.; Criswell, K.E.; Parker, W.G.; Witmer, L.M.; Rowe, T.B.; Ridgely, R.; Brown, M.A. (2016). "A Dome-Headed Stem Archosaur Exemplifies Convergence among Dinosaurs and Their Distant Relatives". Current Biology. 26 (19): 2674–2680. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.066. PMID 27666971.



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