Upper Maleri Formation

Upper Maleri Formation
Stratigraphic range: Norian ~
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Gondwana Group
Underlies	Lower Dharmaram Formation
Overlies	Lower Maleri Formation
Location
Coordinates	19.3°S 79.5°W / -19.3; -79.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	33.1°S 36.4°W / -33.1; -36.4
Region	Telangana
Country	India
Extent	Pranhita–Godavari Basin
Upper Maleri Formation (India)

The Upper Maleri Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Telangana, India. It is one of the formations of the Pranhita–Godavari Basin. It is of late Norian and possibly earliest Rhaetian ages (Late Triassic), and is notable for its fossils of early dinosaurs.

Vertebrate fauna

Angistorhinus sp., cf. Leptosuchus, Aetosauria indet., a guaibasaurid (ISI R277) and 2 basal dinosauriforms (ISI R282, 284) have also been recovered from it.

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 Maleri Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Jaklapallisaurus	J. assymetrica	Telangana		ISI R274, postcranial material.	A plateosaurid, also found in the Lower Dharmaram Formation.
Nambalia	N. roychowdhurii	Telangana	ISI R273, including partial postcrania of at least three individuals of different sizes found closely associated.	A basal sauropodomorph

Correlations

The formation has been correlated with the Forest Sandstone of Africa, the lower Caturrita Formation of the Paraná Basin in Brazil, the upper Ischigualasto Formation and lower Los Colorados Formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin of Argentina, and the Chinle Formation of North America.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

Bibliography

• Template:Cite LSAdoi:10.1017/S1755691011020093

Further reading

• Template:Cite LSAISBN 0-520-24209-2