Upper Dharmaram Formation

Upper Dharmaram Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic (Sinemurian)
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 Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Discredited taxon Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; crossed out data are discredited.

Dinosaurs reported from the Upper Dharmaram Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Lamplughsaura	L. dharmaramensis[2]				Possible basal Sauropod.	Lamplughsaura
Pradhania	P. gracilis[2]				It was originally regarded as a basal sauropodomorph but new cladistic analysis suggests that Pradhania is a massospondylid.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

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1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Kutty, T.S.; Chatterjee, S.; Galton, P.M.; and 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. http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/81/6/1218. 

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.