| Wadiasaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Suborder: | †Anomodontia |
| Clade: | †Dicynodontia |
| Family: | †Kannemeyeriidae Chowdhury, 1970 |
| Genus: | †Wadiasaurus Chowdhury, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| †Wadiasaurus indicus Chowdhury, 1970
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Wadiasaurus (Wadia is of Islamic origin and means "guardianship," and "sauros" means lizard) is an extinct genus of dicynodont from the family Kannemeyeria, that lived in herds from the early to Middle Triassic.[1] Substantial fossorial evidence of W. indicus was recovered from Yerrapalli Formation of the Pranhita-Godavari valley, India, and it is so far the only Kannemeyeriid known for certain from India.[1][2] The Kannemeyeriiformes underwent a significant diversification during the middle Triassic, with roughly 40 known species distributed worldwide.[3] All Kannemeyeriiformes were medium to large bodied,[4] graviportal herbivores with relatively erect posture and gait.[5][6] Wadiasaurus indicus is currently the only known species of Wadiasaurus.[2]
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- ^ a b Chowdhury, Roy; T, K (1970). "Two new dicynodonts from the Yerrapalli Formation of Central India". Palaeontology. 13: 132–144.
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- ^ Angielczyk, Kenneth D.; Walsh, Melony L. (2008). "Patterns in the Evolution of Nares Size and Secondary Palate Length in Anomodont Therapsids (Synapsida): Implications for Hypoxia as a Cause of End-Permian Tetrapod Extinctions". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (3): 528–542. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..528A. doi:10.1666/07-051.1. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 20144219. S2CID 129347837.
- ^ Walter, LR. "The limb posture of kannemeyeriid dicynodonts: Functional and ecological considerations". Cambridge University Press: 89–97.
- ^ Fröbisch, Jörg (2006). "Locomotion in derived dicynodonts (Synapsida, Anomodontia): a functional analysis of the pelvic girdle and hind limb of Tetragonias njalilus". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 43 (9): 1297–1308. Bibcode:2006CaJES..43.1297F. doi:10.1139/e06-031.