Upper Dharmaram Formation

The Upper Dharmaram Formation is an Early Jurassic 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 Stratigraphic range: Sinemurian
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Kota Formation
Overlies	Lower Dharmaram Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, mudstone
Location
Coordinates	19.3°N 79.5°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	28.2°S 34.1°E
Region	Andhra Pradesh
Country	India
Extent	Pranhita–Godavari Basin
Upper Dharmaram Formation (India)

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

Dinosaurs
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.

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.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. Kutty, T.S.; Chatterjee, S.; Galton, P.M.; 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.

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.