''Godavarisaurus'' is an extinct genus of

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from the Early-Middle Jurassic

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. It is known from jaw fragments (including the

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, and parts of the

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). It was a small sphenodontian, with the skull estimated to be less than long. It is generally considered to be a relatively basal sphenodontian that lies outside Eusphenodontia. Cladogram following Sues and Schoch, 2023:

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