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Ceratocaudia Ceratocaudia antiqua Natarajan et al. 2026
/sˌɛɹɐɾəkˈɔːdiə/
estimated
Early Jurassic (Bajocian) · 201.4–168.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
India
Region
Gujarat
Formation
Kaladongar
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Ceratocaudia antiqua is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Jurassic, roughly 201.4–168.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Gujarat, India. It was named by Natarajan et al. 2026. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Ceratocaudia antiqua sits in deep time
Ceratocaudia
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Ceratocaudia antiqua's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.