Full reference: P. Yadagiri. 1988. A new sauropod Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis from Lower Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 11:102-127
Parent taxon: Sauropoda according to T. Sekiya 2011
Sister taxa: Agustiniidae, Amygdalodon, Antetonitrus, Archaeodontosaurus, Atlantosauridae, Blikanasaurus, Bothriospondylidae, Bothrosauropodidae, Bothrosauropodoidea, Brontopodidae, Brontopodus, Brontosauridae, Camarasauroidea, Camelotia, Cardiodontidae, Chinshakiangosaurus, Chubutisauridae, Chuxiongosaurus, Deuterosauropodopus, Dystrophaeus, Eusauropoda, Faveoloolithidae, Gongxianosaurus, Gravisauria, Haplocanthosauridae, Homalosauropodidae, Homalosauropodoidea, Isanosaurus, Jingshanosaurus, Lamplughsaura, Mamenchisauroidea, Melanorosaurus, Microsaurops, Ohmdenosaurus, Oplosaurus, Ornithopsidae, Parabrontopodidae, Parabrontopodus, Pleurocoelidae, Polyonyx, Ravatichnus, Rotundichnus, Spinophorosaurus, Tapinosaurus, Tendaguriidae, Vulcanodon, Algoasaurus bauri, Morinosaurus priscus
Subtaxa: Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis
Type: Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore