Jaklapallisaurus

Jaklapallisaurus is a genus of unaysaurid sauropodomorph dinosaur. It lived during the Late Triassic period (late Norian to earliest Rhaetian) in what is now Telangana, central India. The genus is monotypic, only including the species Jaklapallisaurus asymmetricus.

==Discovery and naming== thumb|left|Type locality (biology)|Type locality (a) and [[stratigraphic occurrence (b) of Jaklapallisaurus]] The Jaklapallisaurus holotype specimen, ISI R274, consists of postcranial material which was collected from the Upper Maleri Formation (late Norian–earliest Rhaetian) of the Pranhita–Godavari Basin. The specimen includes a probable anterior dorsal vertebra, an anterior caudal vertebra, and right distal end of femur, tibia, astragalus, metatarsals I IV, and pedal phalanges I-1 and II-1. It was first named by Fernando E. Novas, Martin D. Ezcurra, Sankar Chatterjee and Tharavat S. Kutty in 2011. The type species is Jaklapallisaurus asymmetrica. ISI R279, a partially complete right femur which was collected from the Lower Dharmaram Formation (latest Norian–Rhaetian) was originally referred to Jaklapallisaurus. However, later research proved that the referral is based on weak grounds, and the presence of the species in that stratigraphic unit should be based on a more taxonomically informative specimen.