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Shringasaurus (meaning "horned lizard", from Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛṅga), "horn", and Ancient Greek (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 tw

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Shringasaurus (il cui nome dal Sanscrito significa "lucertola cornuta") è un genere estinto di archosauromorfo allokotosauro vissuto nel Triassico medio (Anisico), in quella che oggi è la Formazione Denwa, nello stato di Madhya Pradesh, India. Il genere contiene una singola specie, ossia S.indicus. L'animale rappresenta il sister taxon di Azendohsaurus. Come i ceratopsidi, anche Shringasaurus possedeva due corna frontali, probabilmente usate per il corteggiamento.

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