Genus: Kranosaura NESBITT, STOCKER, CHATTERJEE, HORNER & GOODWIN, 2021
Etymology: Greek, kranos, "helmet" and Greek, saura, "lizard": In reference to the large expansion on the top of the head of this reptile.

Species: kuttyi NESBITT, STOCKER, CHATTERJEE, HORNER & GOODWIN, 2021
Etymology: In honor of T S. Kutty, who discovered the material.

Holotype: ISIR 269

Locality: Pranhita-Godavari Valley, 79°29.5'E, 19°15'N, Deccan, Andhra Pradesh State, central India.

Horizon: Upper Maleri Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Norian Substage, Early Norian Epoch, Middle Late Triassic Epoch-Rhaetian Stage, Uppermost Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Dorsal portion of the skull.

Referred material:

ISIR 268: Anterodorsal portion of the skull including teh 'frontal region,' the anterior edge of the deep pit in the posterodorsal surface of the skull, and ventrally, the roof of the braincase.

Material: Posterior portion of a skull.