The Lower Maleri Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. It is the lowermost member of the Pranhita–Godavari Basin. It is of late Carnian to early Norian age (Upper Triassic), and is notable for its fossils of early archosaurs.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.525–527
Vertebrate fauna cf. Angistorhinus and cf. Typothorax have also been recovered from it.Novas et al, 2011Kutty et al., 2007
Vertebrates from the Lower Maleri Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Alickmeron A. maleriensisPartial distal femurAn objective junior synonym of Alwalkeria maleriensis Alwalkeria A. maleriensis Andhra Pradesh "Partial skull and postcranial remains.""Table 2.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 26. An avemetatarsalian PanthasaurusP. maleriensisA temnospondyl Exaeretodon E. statisticae Hyperodapedon H. huxleyi Malerisaurus M. robinsonae Massospondylus M. hislopi Andhra Pradesh "Isolated vertebrae.""Table 12.1," in Weishampel et al., 2004, p.236 Later found to be indeterminate prosauropod remains Parasuchus P. hislopi A parasuchid phytosaur. Plateosaurus Indeterminate Andhra Pradesh Later found to be indeterminate prosauropod remains
Correlations The formation has been correlated with the Molteno Formation (Karoo Basin) and Pebbly Arkose Formation of Africa, the Santa Maria Formation of the Paraná Basin in Brazil, the Ischigualasto Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin of Argentina and the lowermost Chinle Formation of North America.Novas et al., 2011, p.343
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
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