Lower Dharmaram Formation
| Lower Dharmaram Formation | ||
|---|---|---|
Ma | ||
| Type | Approximate paleocoordinates 32°18′S 36°06′W / 32.3°S 36.1°W | |
| Region | Telangana | |
| Country |  India | |
| Extent | Pranhita–Godavari Basin | |
| Type section | ||
| Named for | Dharmaram | |
  Lower Dharmaram Formation (India) | ||
The Lower Dharmaram Formation is a
.Vertebrate fauna
cf. neotheropods (ISI R283) have also been recovered from it.[1]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Dinosaurs reported from the Lower Dharmaram Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Jaklapallisaurus | J. assymetrica[1] | Telangana | "ISI R279, distal end of right femur."[1] | A unaysaurid, also found in the Upper Maleri Formation | ||
| Sauropodomorpha | Indeterminate | Telangana | "ISIR 280, astragalus." | An Indeterminate Sauropodomorpha | ||
| Neotheropoda | Indeterminate | Telangana | "ISIR 283." | An Indeterminate Neotheropod
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Pseudosuchians reported from the Lower Dharmaram Formation
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Venkatasuchus | V. armatus[2] | Telangana | A aetosaur
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| cf. Paratypothorax | sp. | Telangana | ||||
| cf. Nicrosaurus | sp. | Telangana | ||||
| Desmatosuchinae indet.[2] | Telengana | |||||
Correlations
The formation has been correlated with the
Karoo Basin) and Forest Sandstone of Africa, the Caturrita Formation of the Paraná Basin in Brazil, the Laguna Colorada and Los Colorados Formations (Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin) of Argentina, the Chinle Formation of North America, the Trossingen Formation of the Keuper of Germany, and the Nam Phong Formation of Thailand.[3]
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
Bibliography
Further reading
- ISBN 0-520-24209-2