Lower Dharmaram Formation

Lower Dharmaram Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic (latest Norian – Rhaetian)
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Asia
Country India

The Lower Dharmaram Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the formations of the Pranhita–Godavari Basin. It is of latest Norian and Rhaetian ages (Upper Triassic), and is notable for its fossils of early dinosaurs.

Vertebrate fauna

cf. Paratypothorax, cf. Nicrosaurus, fragmentary remains of sauropodomorphs (ISI R279, 280, 281) and neotheropods (ISI R283) have also been recovered from it.[1]

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Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
 Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs reported from the Upper Maleri Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Jaklapallisaurus

J. assymetrica[1]

"ISI R279, distal end of right femur."[1]

A plateosaurid, also found in the Upper Maleri Formation.

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Fernando E. Novas, Martin D. Ezcurra, Sankar Chatterjee and T. S. Kutty (2011). "New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of central India". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101 (3-4): 333–349. doi:10.1017/S1755691011020093.

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