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First Record of Armoured Dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Kota formation, Pranhita-Godavari Valley, Andhra Pradesh
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For the first time, skeletal remains of an armoured dinosaur (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) were found in the red clay bed of the Kota Formation, Pranhita-Godavari Valley, Andhra Pradesh. The bed occurs 2 m below the marker limestone unit of the Kota Formation. The collection includes parts of skull, 30 specimens of body armour, vertebrae and parts of girdle bones. The characteristics of armour plates, skull and teeth indicate that these fossils belong to ankylosauria. The ankylosaurs are less known from the Lower Jurassic period. The detailed studies of the present material are likely to throw light on the evolutionary history of these dinosaurs.
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