The Thar Desert today is a scorching region in western India’s Rajasthan state.
It is the first of that group discovered in India, and the oldest ever found in the world’s fossil record.
The all-Indian team that discovered the species named it Tharosaurus indicus, referencing the Thar Desert, and its country of origin.
Dicraeosaurids like Tharosaurus indicus are part of a larger group called diplodocoid sauropods.
Earlier theories suggested that India was inhabited only by the predecessors of diplodocoids.
Persons:
Sunil Bajpai
Organizations:
Indian Institute of Technology
Locations:
India’s Rajasthan, India, Africa, Americas, China, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee