2.5 km north of Rechni village (ISIR 277) (Triassic of India)

Also known as Pranhita–Godavari Basin

Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (19.2° N, 79.5° E: paleocoordinates 33.2° S, 36.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Maleri Formation (Gondwana Group), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• The upper Maleri Formation overlies the lower Maleri and underlies the lower Dharmaram Formation. The underlying lower Maleri Formation has been correlated on the basis of vertebrate biostratigraphy with the Scaphonyx-Exaeretodon-Herrerasaurus biozone of the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina and the Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone of the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil (e.g. Novas et al. 2011. Earth Env. Sci. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin. 101:333-349). The relevant part of the Ischigualasto Formation has been dated as late Carnian in age on radioisotopic data (e.g. Martinez et al. 2011. Science 331: 206-210), and the lower Maleri Formation is commonly considered equivalent in age. As a result, the overlying upper Maleri is likely Norian in age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. S. Kutty

Collection methods: surface (float),

• ISI: Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Primary reference: F. E. Novas, M. D. Ezcurra, S. 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 101:333-349 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131837: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 31.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Guaibasauridae
Guaibasauridae indet. Bonaparte et al. 1999 sauropodomorph
ISIR 277, postcrania