Also known as Yarasuchus holotype site
Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (18.9° N, 79.7° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° S, 48.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yerrapalli Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Vertebrate biostratigraphy (e.g. Bandyopadhyay & Sengupta 1999. J. Afr. Earth Sciences 29:233-241) has been used to argue for a middle/late Anisian age for the Yerrapalli, on the basis of similarities to the fauna of the Manda Beds of Tanzania
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: ISI: Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
Primary reference: K. Sen. 2003. Pamelaria dolichotrachela, a new prolacertid reptile from the Middle Triassic of India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 21:663-681 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89952: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 22.06.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Yarasuchus deccanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Yarasuchus deccanensis n. gen. n. sp. Sen 2005 archosaur At least two similar-sized individuals of a new rauisuchian, represented by a few cranial bones and a large number of postcranial elements
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Pamelaria dolichotrachela n. gen. n. sp.
Pamelaria dolichotrachela n. gen. n. sp. Sen 2003 archosauromorph ISIR 316, 80–85% complete skeleton (holotype); ISIR 317, a partial skeleton; ISIR 318–333, series of isolated bones
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