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Barapasaurus

Barapasaurus tagorei Jain et al. 1975

Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) · 199.5–184.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Barapasaurus tagorei is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 199.5–184.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Jain et al. 1975. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~8%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Barapasaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Barapasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Barapasaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Dilophosaurus
Dilophosaurus wetherilli
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predator–prey
Syntarsus
Syntarsus kayentakatae
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predator–prey
Kayentavenator
Kayentavenator elysiae
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coexisted–with
Scutellosaurus
Scutellosaurus lawleri
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coexisted–with
Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus ellioti
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same–clade
Vulcanodon
Vulcanodon karibaensis
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same–clade
Kotasaurus
Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis
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same–clade
Sarahsaurus
Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis
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