Upper Maleri Formation

Upper Maleri Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic (late Norian–earliest Rhaetian)
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Asia
Country	India

The Upper Maleri Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the formations of the Pranhita–Godavari Basin. It is of late Norian and possibly earliest Rhaetian ages (Upper 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.^[1]

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[1]	J. assymetrica	Andhra Pradesh		ISI R274, postcranial material.[1]	A plateosaurid, also found in the Lower Dharmaram Formation.
Nambalia[1]	N. roychowdhurii	Andhra Pradesh		ISI R273, including partial postcrania of at least three individuals of different sizes found closely associated.[1]	A basal sauropodomorph

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

1. 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.

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.