Upper Dharmaram Formation
| Upper Dharmaram Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Asia |
| Country | India |
The Upper Dharmaram Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation found in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is of Sinemurian age (Early Jurassic), and dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1][2]
Upper Dharmaram Formation is not to be confused with D.Dharmaram. D.Dharmaram is a village in Ramayampet mandal of Medak District, in Andhra Pradesh.
Vertebrate fauna
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Dinosaurs reported from the Upper Dharmaram Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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L. dharmaramensis[2] |
Possible basal Sauropod. |
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P. gracilis[2] |
It was originally regarded as a basal sauropodomorph but new cladistic analysis suggests that Pradhania is a massospondylid. | |||||
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- 1 2 3 Kutty, T.S.; Chatterjee, S.; Galton, P.M.; Upchurch, P. (2007). "Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Jurassic of India: their anatomy and relationships". Journal of Paleontology 81 (6): 1552–1574. doi:10.1666/04-074.1.
References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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