Upper Maleri Formation
| Upper Maleri Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Triassic (late Norian–earliest Rhaetian) |
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| Type | Geological formation |
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| 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.
Angistorhinus sp., cf. Leptosuchus, Aetosauria indet., a guaibasaurid (ISI R277) and 2 basal dinosauriforms (ISI R282, 284) have also been recovered from it.
J. assymetrica
ISI R274, postcranial material.
A plateosaurid, also found in the Lower Dharmaram Formation.
N. roychowdhurii
ISI R273, including partial postcrania of at least three individuals of different sizes found closely associated.
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