{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossil_range|183.0|171.6|Early Jurassic}} | genus = Godavarisaurus | parent_authority = Evans, Prasad & Manhas, 2001<ref name = Evans>{{cite journal|last1=Evans|first1=S. E.|last2=Prasad|first2=G. V. R.|last3=Manhas|first3=B. K.|year=2001 |title=Rhynchocephalians (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=133 |issue=3 |pages=309–334 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00629.x|doi-access=free}}</ref> | authority = Evans, Prasad & Manhas, 2001 | species = lateefi }}
'''''Godavarisaurus''''' is an extinct genus of sphenodontian reptile from the Early-Middle Jurassic Kota Formation of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is known from jaw fragments (including the maxilla, premaxilla, and parts of the dentary). It was a small sphenodontian, with the skull estimated to be less than {{Convert|2|cm|in}} long.<ref name = Evans/> It is generally considered to be a relatively basal sphenodontian that lies outside Eusphenodontia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anantharaman |first=S. |last2=DeMar |first2=David G. |last3=Sivakumar |first3=R. |last4=Dassarma |first4=Dilip Chandra |last5=Wilson Mantilla |first5=Gregory P. |last6=Wilson Mantilla |first6=Jeffrey A. |date=2022-06-30 |title=First rhynchocephalian (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Cretaceous–Paleogene of India |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2022.2118059 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=42 |issue=1 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2022.2118059 |issn=0272-4634|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
Cladogram following Sues and Schoch, 2023:<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Sues |first1=Hans-Dieter |last2=Schoch |first2=Rainer R. |date=2023-11-07 |title=The oldest known rhynchocephalian reptile from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Germany and its phylogenetic position among Lepidosauromorpha |url=https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25339 |journal=The Anatomical Record |language=en |doi=10.1002/ar.25339 |issn=1932-8486 |pmid=37937325 |s2cid=265050255|url-access=subscription }}</ref>{{clade|{{clade |label1=Rhynchocephalia |1={{clade |1=''Wirtembergia hauboldae'' |2={{clade |1=''Gephyrosaurus bridensis'' |label2=Sphenodontia |2={{clade |1=''Diphydontosaurus avonis'' |label2=Acrosphenodontia |2={{clade |1=''Planocephalosaurus robinsonae'' |2={{clade |1=''Rebbanasaurus jaini'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Godavarisaurus lateefi'' |2=''Theretairus antiquus''}} |label2=Eusphenodontia |2={{clade |1=''Polysphenodon mulleri'' |2={{clade |1=''Opisthiamimus gregori'' |2={{clade |label1=Clevosauridae |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Clevosaurus convallis'' |2={{clade |1=''Clevosaurus brasiliensis'' |2=''Clevosaurus hadroprodon''}}}} |2={{clade |1=''Clevosaurus bairdi'' |2={{clade |1=''Clevosaurus hudsoni'' |2=''Clevosaurus cambrica''}}}}}} |2=Neosphenodontia }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
==See also== {{Portal|Paleontology}} * Rhynchocephalia
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Sphenodontia}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q5576198}}
Category:Rhynchocephalia Category:Jurassic lepidosaurs Category:Extinct animals of India Category:Prehistoric reptile genera
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