| Shringasaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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| Composite skeleton from the fossils of multiple individuals | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Crocopoda |
| Clade: | †Allokotosauria |
| Family: | †Azendohsauridae |
| Genus: | †Shringasaurus Sengupta et al., 2017 |
| Species: | †S. indicus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Shringasaurus indicus Sengupta et al., 2017
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Shringasaurus (meaning "horned lizard", from Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga), "horn", and Ancient Greek σαῦρος (sauros), "lizard") is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of India. It is known from the type and only known species, S. indicus. Shringasaurus is known from the Denwa Formation in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Shringasaurus was an allokotosaur, a group of unusual herbivorous reptiles from the Triassic, and is most closely related to the smaller and better known Azendohsaurus in the family Azendohsauridae. Like some ceratopsid dinosaurs, Shringasaurus had two large horns over its eyes that faced up and forwards from its skull. Shringasaurus also bears convergent physical similarities to sauropodomorph dinosaurs, such as its long neck, its shoulders and forelimbs, and the shape of its teeth. Shringasaurus possibly occupied a similar ecological niche as a large browsing herbivore before such dinosaurs had evolved.[1][2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
descriptionwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sengupta, S.; Bandyopadhyay, S. (2022). "The osteology of Shringasaurus indicus, an archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic Denwa Formation, Satpura Gondwana Basin, Central India". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (5): e2010740. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.2010740. S2CID 247038160.