Pranhita–Godavari Basin

Pranhita–Godavari Basin
Pranhita–Godavari Basin
Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic (Carnian-Sinemurian)
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Asia
Country India

The Pranhita–Godavari Basin is a geological formation in India whose strata date back to the Late Triassic and the Early Jurassic. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1][2] The Pranhita–Godavari Basin is divided in four formations, namely Lower Maleri, Upper Maleri, Lower Dharmaram and Upper Dharmaram.[3][1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

See Lower Maleri Formation, Upper Maleri Formation, Lower Dharmaram Formation and Upper Dharmaram Formation.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Fernando E. Novas, Martin D. Ezcurra, Sankar Chatterjee and T. S. Kutty (2011). "New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of central India". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101 (3-4): 333–349. doi:10.1017/S1755691011020093. 
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ Langer, M. C. (2004). "Basal Saurischia". In Weishampel, D. B., Dodson, P. & Osmólska, H. (eds). The Dinosauria. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 25–46. 


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