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Jaklapallisaurus

Say it: jak-lap-uh-lie-SORE-us

Name means: “Jaklapalli lizard”1

Ate: PlantsLong-necksLate Triassic

Jaklapallisaurus was a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now India. It walked on four legs and had a small head on a long neck, like a giant lizard. This dinosaur lived about 203 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period.1 2

Lived

227 to 201 million years ago2

Late Triassic

Fossils found in

Telangana, central India (Upper Maleri Formation)1

Food

Plants2 1

Length

2 to 3 m1

estimate based on related sauropodomorphs

Weight

50 kg to 100 kg1

Height

0.5 to 1 m1

at the hips

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

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How long was it?

How tall was it?

at the hips

How heavy was it?

as heavy as 3 big dogs

as long as 3 dogs nose to tailas long as 17 bananas end to endas heavy as 20 watermelonsup to the handle of a door

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Fun facts

Jaklapallisaurus is known from only a few bones, including a thigh bone and foot bones.1

Its species name, asymmetricus, comes from its lopsided ankle bone (astragalus).1

This dinosaur was a sauropodomorph, a relative of the huge long-necked sauropods like Brachiosaurus.1

Jaklapallisaurus lived alongside another early dinosaur called Nambalia.1

The first fossils were found near the town of Jaklapalli, which gave the dinosaur its name.1

Scientists think Jaklapallisaurus was about 2 to 3 meters long, as big as a small car.1

AI-made picture of Jaklapallisaurus — An AI-made picture of how Jaklapallisaurus might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Jaklapallisaurus

?How big was Jaklapallisaurus?

Jaklapallisaurus was about 2 to 3 meters long. This estimate comes from the few bones that have been found.1

?What did Jaklapallisaurus eat?

Jaklapallisaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur. It was a sauropodomorph, a relative of the long-necked sauropods.1

?When did Jaklapallisaurus live?

Jaklapallisaurus lived about 203 million years ago, during the Late Triassic period. This was in what is now India.1

?Why is it called Jaklapallisaurus asymmetricus?

The name comes from the town of Jaklapalli, near where the fossils were found. The species name 'asymmetricus' refers to its lopsided ankle bone.1

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Scientific name: Jaklapallisaurus
Named by: Novas et al. 20112
Group: Long-necks
Family / clade: Unaysauridae2
Classification: Sauropodomorpha2
Age of the rocks: 227 to 201 million years (Norian / Rhaetian)2
Rock formations: Maleri, Dharmaram2
Countries: India2
Fossil records: 2 in the Paleobiology Database2
Discovery: Jaklapallisaurus was named in 2011 by Fernando Novas, Martin Ezcurra, Sankar Chatterjee, and T. S. Kutty. The fossils were found in the Upper Maleri Formation in central India.1 2
Still debated: Scientists are not sure if a thigh bone found in the Lower Dharmaram Formation belongs to Jaklapallisaurus or another dinosaur.1

Where the facts come from

Jaklapallisaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Jaklapallisaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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