Lower Maleri Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic (late Carnian – early Norian) |
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Type | Geological formation |
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Region | Asia |
Country | India |
The Lower Maleri Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the lowermost member of the Pranhita–Godavari Basin. It is of late Carnian to early Norian age (Upper Triassic), and is notable for its fossils of early dinosaurs, including the basal saurischian (possible theropod) Alwalkeria.
cf. Angistorhinus and cf. Typothorax have also been recovered from it.
A. maleriensis
"Partial skull and postcranial remains."
E. statisticae
H. huxleyi
M. robinsonae
M. hislopi
"Isolated vertebrae."
Later found to be indeterminate prosauropod remains.
P. hislopi
Indeterminate
Later found to be indeterminate prosauropod remains.