Genus: Barasaurus PIVETEAU, 1955
Etymology: In honor of the Bara people, who inhabit the Ranohira region of Madagascar, and Greek, sauros, “lizard”: Bara lizard.

Species: besairiei PIVETEAU, 1955
Etymology: In honor of French geologist, Henri Michel-Edouard Besairie.

Holotype:

Locality: Madagascar.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Permian.

Material: Skull.

Referred material:

ARDUINI, 1993, MECKERT, 1993, SMITH, 2000

Locality: Left bank of the Menamaty River, east of the small village of Ranohira, at the base of the Isalo Mountains, Madagascar.

Horizon: Lower Sakamena Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Ufimian Stage, Lower Guadelupian Stage, Lower Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.

Material:

Numbers: Not given: Skulls and postcranial skeleton.


KETCHUM & BARRETT, 2004

Locality: Unknown, Diego Basin, Madagascar.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Induan stage, upper Scythian Epoch, Early Triassic.

Material:

OUMNH GX.95, 99, 101: 3 feet.

OUMNH GX 97: Pes.