Genus
Valid Extinct

Ceratocaudia

Natarajan et al. 2026

Ceratocaudia is a genus of macronarian sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Kaladongar Formation of Gujarat, India. The genus contains a single species, Ceratocaudia antiqua, known from a partial skeleton.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Ceratocaudia
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Reconstruction based on the holotype of Ceratocaudia antiqua (silhouette modified from that of Camarasaurus by Scott Hartman) © Abhishek Natarajan · CC0 · Wikimedia
Ceratocaudia
Ceratocaudia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Ceratocaudia Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇳 India
1
Geological formations
Kaladongar
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Ceratocaudia antiqua 201 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
A. Natarajan, S. Bhosale, and N. Rakshit, S. Dasgupta. 2026. A new diminutive Jurassic neosauropod from the Kaladongar Formation (Khadir Uplift) of the Kachchh Basin, western India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e2677749):1-41 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. Natarajan, S. Bhosale, and N. Rakshit, S. Dasgupta. 2026. A new diminutive Jurassic neosauropod from the Kaladongar Formation (Khadir Uplift) of the Kachchh Basin, western India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e2677749):1-41 DOI ↗