Shringasaurus

Shringasaurus is an extinct herbivorous archosauromorph reptile from Middle Triassic India. Its most distinctive feature is a pair of horns above the eyes.

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Archosauromorpha: A group of reptiles that includes archosaurs and several extinct lineages more closely related to them than to lepidosaurs. Shringasaurus belongs to this broader reptile group, outside the archosaur crown.
A. K. Sengupta: An Indian paleontologist who described the fossil locality and its Triassic vertebrates. Sengupta and colleagues named Shringasaurus from fossils found in the Denwa Formation.
Cranial ornamentation: Bony structures on an animal's skull that may serve display, defense, or recognition functions. The paired supraorbital horns are Shringasaurus's most conspicuous cranial ornament.
Azendohsaurus: An extinct herbivorous archosauromorph from the Middle to Late Triassic of Madagascar and Morocco. Like Shringasaurus, it shows that early archosauromorphs evolved substantial plant-eating adaptations.
Allokotosauria: An extinct clade of Triassic archosauromorphs that includes herbivorous and omnivorous forms. This clade contains Shringasaurus and helps locate it among early reptile lineages.
Denwa Formation: A Middle Triassic geological formation in central India known for vertebrate fossils. Its rocks yielded the Shringasaurus specimens that established the genus.
Supraorbital horn: A hornlike bony projection positioned above an eye socket. Shringasaurus bore a prominent pair above its orbits, unusual among known archosauromorphs.
Pamelaria: An extinct quadrupedal archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic of India. It came from the same broad region and period but lacked Shringasaurus's distinctive paired horns.
Middle Triassic: The geological epoch spanning roughly 247 to 237 million years ago. Shringasaurus lived during this interval, when archosauromorph reptiles diversified.
Madhya Pradesh: A state in central India containing extensive Triassic fossil-bearing strata. Shringasaurus fossils were recovered in this region's Denwa Formation.