Dinosaur genus

Jaklapallisaurus

Novas et al. 2011

Jaklapallisaurus is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 227.3–201.4 million years old, in India.

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At a glance

Data as of 11 October 2026

227.3–201.4 Ma

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by: Novas et al. 2011
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Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Described in: F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, S. Chatterjee, T. S. Kutty (2011). New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of Central India. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101: 333–349. Read it
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Novas et al. 2011).
Sources
Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.
Lived: Norian to Rhaetian, 227.3–201.4 million years ago
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it.
Omnisaura calculation227.3–201.4 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Fossils found in: India
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medium: Only PBDB records it (2 records).
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).
Rock formations: Dharmaram
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low: Only one PBDB record.
Maleri
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.
Family: Unaysauridae
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Parent group: Unaysauridae
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Species named in its records: Jaklapallisaurus asymmetrica
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Given by: Paleobiology Database (the species its fossil records are identified as).
Known from: Bones
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Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

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What isn't known yet

Type species: no source we use gives it yet.
Order: no source we use gives it yet.
Diet: no source we use gives it yet.
Way of life: no source we use gives it yet.
Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
What it was named after: no source we use gives it yet.
Resting on one source: 4 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): authority (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); family (PBDB); age (headline) (PBDB).

Size and appearance aren't covered yet, and diet and way of life only as PBDB infers them for the wider group. Omnisaura leaves the rest out rather than guess.

Where sources disagree

None open. Where our sources overlap, they agree on everything shown here.

Did it meet…?

Did Jaklapallisaurus meet ?

No. Jaklapallisaurus had gone at least 117.8 million years before Tyrannosaurus appears in the fossil record, a longer gap than the 66 million years between Tyrannosaurus and today.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Connections

Genera linked to Jaklapallisaurus by where and when their fossils were found, by classification and by who named them. Select a name to open its page.

Same family: Unaysauridae 1

Other genera in Unaysauridae with a full profile.

Macrocollum

Named by Novas 12

Genera whose naming authority includes the same surname. The authority has no initials, so different people who share a surname can appear together.

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Where its fossils were found

2 fossil sites, with present-day and ancient positions

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Cite this page

Omnisaura (2026). Jaklapallisaurus. Future Sailors. https://www.omnisaura.com/genera/jaklapallisaurus. Data as of 11 October 2026.

What's changed

12 Oct 2026
Added to Omnisaura.

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Pictures

1 openly licensed picture of Jaklapallisaurus on Wikimedia Commons and museum sites, each with its own author and licence.

Upper Maleri Formation dinosaurs (Maleriraptor and Jaklapallisaurus).jpg
Márcio L. Castro, CC BY 4.0

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Where this page comes from

Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
WikidataCC0 1.0 · names and identifiers
OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines

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