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Jainosaurus

Ate: PlantsLong-necksLate Cretaceous

Jainosaurus belongs to the group: Long-necks. Its fossils come from rocks about 72 to 66 million years old.1

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago1
Late Cretaceous
Most fossils found in
India1
Food
Plants1

When did it live?

Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid
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Scientific name
Jainosaurus
Named by
Hunt et al. 19951
Group
Long-necks
Family / clade
Lithostrotia1
Classification
Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria1
Age of the rocks
72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)1
Rock formations
Lameta1
Countries
India1
Fossil records
1 in the Paleobiology Database1

Where the facts come from

  1. Jainosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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