Kashmirosaurus fossil map
Where fossils of Kashmirosaurus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 300 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 300 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early tetrapods & amphibians |
|---|---|
| Lived | 298.9–283.3 million years ago (Asselian to Artinskian) |
| Periods | Permian |
| Family | Archegosauridae |
| Named by | Werneburg and Schneider 1996 |
| Fossil records | 4 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | India |
| Rock formations | txn:37057, Mamal |
About Kashmirosaurus
Kashmirosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian known from Permo-Carboniferous deposits in the region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was originally named by English paleontologist Arthur Smith Woodward in 1905 as a species of Archegosaurus called Archegosaurus ornatus. More recently, the species has been recognized as being distinct from Archegosaurus, and it was placed in its own genus Kashmirosaurus in 1996. An additional species of Archegosaurus, A. kashmiriensis, was named in 1960 from the same deposits in Kashmir, and is now considered synonymous with Kashmirosaurus ornatus.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Kashmirosaurus (revision 1329056947), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q6374466.
