Jainosaurus
Name:
Jainosaurus
(Jain’s lizard).
Phonetic: Jayn-o-sore-us.
Named By: A.P. Hunt, M. Lockley, S. Lucas
& C. Meyer - 1995.
Synonyms: Antarctosaurus septentrionalis.
Classification: Chorsdata, Reptilia,
Dinosauria, Sauropoda, Titanosauridae, Saltasaurinae.
Species: J. septentrionalis (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Estimated at 18 meters long.
Known locations: India - Lameta Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains
and skull elements.
Initially
described as a species of Antarctosaurus
by Charles Alfred Matley and
Friedrich von Huene in 1933, a 1995 study of the remains saw
the material reclassified as its own genus, Jainosaurus.
The genus
is named after Indian palaeontologist Sohan Lal Jain who had
previously conducted a lot of study upon the fossils, however Jain
has since suggested that Jainosaurus may actually
be a specimen of
Titanosaurus. Despite this however Jainosaurus
is still usually
regarded as being a distinct genus.
Jainosaurus
would have shared its habitats with other dinosaurs such as Isisaurus,
Rajasaurus
and Indosaurus.
Further reading
- The Cretaceous Saurischia and Ornithischia of the Central Provinces
of India. - Palaeontologica Indica (New Series), Memoirs of the
Geological Survey of India, 21(1): 1-74. F. von Huene & C. A.
Matley - 1933.
- The global sauropod fossil record. Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology.
- GAIA 10:261-279. - A. P. Hunt, M. G. Lockley, S. G. Lucas &
C. A. Meyer - 1995.
- Reassessment of Sauropod Dinosaur Jainosaurus (="Antarctosaurus")
septentrionalis from the Upper Cretaceous of India.
- Contributions
from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 32(2): 17-40.
- Jeffery Wilson, Michael D’Emic, Christina A. Curry-Rogers, Dhananjay
M. Mohabey & Subashis Sen - 2009.
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