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A new rauisuchian archosaur from the Middle Triassic of India
Author(s) -
SEN KASTURI
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
palaeontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1475-4983
pISSN - 0031-0239
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2004.00438.x
Subject(s) - osteology , paleontology , taxon , biology , zoology , geology , anatomy , evolutionary biology
Yarasuchus deccanensis gen. and sp. nov. is a new addition to the poorly known Middle Triassic terrestrial vertebrates. It is described on the basis of the fossil material of at least two incompletely preserved individuals and several isolated bones. It was a long‐necked, gracile animal and might have had a facultatively bipedal gait . Apart from its characteristic elongate cervical vertebrae, other osteological features of Y. deccanensis resemble those of Prestosuchus, Saurosuchus, Ticinosuchus and ‘ Mandasuchus ’. It is therefore referred to the Rauisuchian family Prestosuchidae despite the debated validity of this taxon.