The Lower Dharmaram Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Telangana, India. It is one of the formations of the Pranhita–Godavari Basin. It is of latest Norian and Rhaetian ages (Upper Triassic), and is notable for its fossils of early dinosaurs.
Vertebrate fauna cf. Paratypothorax, cf. Nicrosaurus, fragmentary remains of sauropodomorphs (ISI R279, 280, 281) and neotheropods (ISI R283) have also been recovered from it.Novas et al., 2011, p.345
Saurischians Saurischians reported from the Lower Dharmaram Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Jaklapallisaurus J. assymetrica Telangana "ISI R279, distal end of right femur." A unaysaurid, also found in the Upper Maleri Formation. Sauropodomorpha Indeterminate Telangana "ISIR 280, astragalus." An Indeterminate Sauropodomorpha. Neotheropoda Indeterminate Telangana "ISIR 283, incomplete femur." An Indeterminate Neotheropod.
Pseudosuchians Pseudosuchians reported from the Lower Dharmaram Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Kuttysuchus K. minor Telangana A typothoracine aetosaur. Primisuchus P. gillettei Telangana A leptosuchomorph mystriosuchine Venkatasuchus V. armatus Telangana A typothoracine aetosaur cf. Paratypothorax sp. TelanganaA typothoracine aetosaur. cf. Nicrosaurus sp. TelanganaA mystriosuchin parasuchid. cf. Desmantosuchus sp. Telangana A typothoracine aetosaur. Desmatosuchinae indet. Indeterminate Telangana Indeterminate typothoracine aetosaurs.
Correlations The formation has been correlated with the Lower Elliot Formation (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.Novas et al., 2011, p.343
See also
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
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