Bharatagama is an extinct
genus of
iguanian lizard from the
Early Jurassic of India. It is one of the oldest known lizards and the oldest known iguanian. The
type and only species is
Bharatagama rebbanensis, named in 2002. Over one hundred fossils of
Bharatagama have been found in the
Kota Formation, which outcrops in the
Pranhita–Godavari Basin and dates back to about 190 million years ago (Ma). Despite its abundance,
Bharatagama is known only from isolated jaw bones mixed together in microvertebrate asssemblages with equally fragmentary remains of fish,
sphenodontians,
dinosaurs,
crocodylomorphs, and mammals. These fossils represent all stages of development, from hatchlings to adults. The total length of the skull in adult specimens is estimated to have been about .