Upper Dharmaram Formation

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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
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 Dharmaram Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Lamplughsaura

L. dharmaramensis[2]

Possible basal Sauropod.

Pradhania

P. gracilis[2]

It was originally regarded as a basal sauropodomorph but new cladistic analysis suggests that Pradhania is a massospondylid.

See also

Footnotes

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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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  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
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