| Kranosaura Temporal range: Template:Geological range
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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/KranosauraK. kuttyi
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| Template:Taxonomy/KranosauraKranosaura kuttyi Nesbitt et al., 2021
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Kranosaura is an extinct genus of archosauriform reptile from the Late Triassic Upper Maleri Formation of India. It contains a single species, K. kuttyi, described in 2021 by Sterling Nesbitt et al.[1] It has an unusually domed head reminiscent of the later pachycephalosaurian dinosaurs in an example of convergent evolution, similar to that of Triopticus.[2] Kranosaura was also the sister taxon to Triopticus, of which it forms the new clade Protopyknosia.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nesbitt, S. J.; Stocker, M. R.; Chatterjee, S.; Horner, J. R.; Goodwin, M. B. (2021). "A remarkable group of thick‐headed Triassic Period archosauromorphs with a wide, possibly Pangean distribution". Journal of Anatomy. 239 (1): 184–206. doi:10.1111/joa.13414. PMC 8197959. PMID 33660262.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC embargo expired (link) - ↑ Stocker, M.R.; Nesbitt, S.J.; Criswell, K.E.; Parker, W.G.; Witmer, L.M.; Rowe, T.B.; Ridgely, R.; Brown, M.A. (2016). "A Dome-Headed Stem Archosaur Exemplifies Convergence among Dinosaurs and Their Distant Relatives". Current Biology. 26 (19): 2674–2680. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.066. PMID 27666971.