Upper Maleri Formation

Upper Maleri Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic (late Norian–earliest Rhaetian)
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Asia
Country India

The Upper Maleri 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 late Norian and possibly earliest Rhaetian ages (Upper Triassic), and is notable for its fossils of early dinosaurs.

Vertebrate fauna

Angistorhinus sp., cf. Leptosuchus, Aetosauria indet., a guaibasaurid (ISI R277) and 2 basal dinosauriforms (ISI R282, 284) have also been recovered from it.[1]

Color key
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[1]

J. assymetrica

ISI R274, postcranial material.[1]

A plateosaurid, also found in the Lower Dharmaram Formation.

Nambalia[1]

N. roychowdhurii

  • Andhra Pradesh

ISI R273, including partial postcrania of at least three individuals of different sizes found closely associated.[1]

A basal sauropodomorph

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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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