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MALERISAURUS
(ma-le-re-sore-us)
meaning: "Maleri lizard - After the Maleri Formation where the holotype was discovered"
Malerisaurus
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 |
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Malerisaurus is an extinct genus of prolacertiform archosauromorph known from Andhra Pradesh of India and Texas of the USA.

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