Named By: | Sankar Chatterjee in 1980 |
Time Period: | Late Triassic, 228-215 Ma |
Location: | India, Andrha Pradesh - Lower Maleri Formation |
Size: | About 1.2 meters in length |
Diet: | Insectivore |
Fossil(s): | Almost complete and articulated skeletons of two individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Sauropsida | Archosauromorpha | Protorosauria | |
Malerisaurus is an extinct genus of prolacertiform archosauromorph known from Andhra Pradesh of India and Texas of the USA.