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270 / Mesozoic
Shringasaurus
Shringasaurus indicus
Paired forward-curving brow horns occur only in some individuals, suggesting maturity or sexual display.
View original image · 1536 × 1024- Time range
- About 247–242 million years ago
- Final stage
- Middle Triassic
- Geographic range
- Seasonal river valleys · Central India
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Shringasaurus?
Shringasaurus (Shringasaurus indicus) was an extinct organism known from About 247–242 million years ago, with a range in Seasonal river valleys · Central India.
Life and ecology
Shringasaurus was a large herbivorous archosauromorph with a long neck, small head and barrel body for browsing above ground level.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Shringasaurus disappear?
Local environmental change and herbivore turnover are possible context, but they do not establish why this unusual Indian lineage disappeared.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Shringasaurus?
A multi-individual bonebed preserves growth stages, near-complete skeletons and variation in horns.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS