# Lower Dharmaram Formation > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lower_Dharmaram_Formation > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lower_Dharmaram_Formation.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Dharmaram_Formation > Source revision: 1329155074 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Geologic formation in India Lower Dharmaram Formation Stratigraphic range: Latest Norian–Rhaetian ~211–202 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Type Geological formation Unit of Gondwana Group Underlies Upper Dharmaram Formation Overlies Upper Maleri Formation Lithology Primary Sandstone, Mudstone Location Coordinates 19°12′N 79°36′E / 19.2°N 79.6°E / 19.2; 79.6 Approximate paleocoordinates 32°18′S 36°06′E / 32.3°S 36.1°E / -32.3; 36.1 Region Telangana Country India Extent Pranhita–Godavari Basin Type section Named for Dharmaram Lower Dharmaram Formation (India) The **Lower Dharmaram Formation** is a [sedimentary](/source/Sedimentary) [rock formation](/source/Geological_formation) found in [Telangana](/source/Telangana), [India](/source/India). It is one of the formations of the [Pranhita–Godavari Basin](/source/Pranhita%E2%80%93Godavari_Basin). It is of latest [Norian](/source/Norian) and [Rhaetian](/source/Rhaetian) ages ([Upper Triassic](/source/Upper_Triassic)), and is notable for its [fossils](/source/Fossil) of early [dinosaurs](/source/Dinosaur). ## Vertebrate fauna cf. *[Paratypothorax](/source/Paratypothorax)*, cf. *[Nicrosaurus](/source/Nicrosaurus)*, fragmentary remains of [sauropodomorphs](/source/Sauropodomorph) ([ISI](/source/Indian_Statistical_Institute) R279, 280, 281) and [neotheropods](/source/Neotheropod) (ISI R283) 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. ### Saurischians Saurischians reported from the Lower Dharmaram Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Jaklapallisaurus J. assymetrica[1] Telangana "ISI R279, distal end of right femur."[1] A unaysaurid, also found in the Upper Maleri Formation. Sauropodomorpha Indeterminate Telangana "ISIR 280, astragalus." An Indeterminate Sauropodomorpha. Neotheropoda Indeterminate Telangana "ISIR 283, incomplete femur." An Indeterminate Neotheropod. ### Pseudosuchians Pseudosuchians reported from the Lower Dharmaram Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Kuttysuchus K. minor[2] Telangana A typothoracine aetosaur. Venkatasuchus V. armatus[3] Telangana A typothoracine aetosaur cf. Paratypothorax sp. Telangana A typothoracine aetosaur. cf. Nicrosaurus sp. Telangana A mystriosuchin parasuchid. cf. Desmantosuchus[4] sp. Telangana A typothoracine aetosaur. Desmatosuchinae indet.[3][4] Telangana Indeterminate typothoracine aetosaurs. ## Correlations The formation has been correlated with the [Lower Elliot Formation](/source/Elliot_Formation) ([Karoo Basin](/source/Karoo_Basin)) and [Forest Sandstone](/source/Forest_Sandstone) of Africa, the [Caturrita Formation](/source/Caturrita_Formation) of the [Paraná Basin](/source/Paran%C3%A1_Basin) in Brazil, the [Laguna Colorada](/source/Laguna_Colorada_Formation) and [Los Colorados Formations](/source/Los_Colorados_Formation) ([Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin](/source/Ischigualasto-Villa_Uni%C3%B3n_Basin)) of Argentina, the [Chinle Formation](/source/Chinle_Formation) of North America, the [Trossingen Formation](/source/Trossingen_Formation) of the [Keuper](/source/Keuper) of Germany, and the [Nam Phong Formation](/source/Nam_Phong_Formation) of Thailand.[5] ## See also - [Geology portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Geology) - [Paleontology portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Paleontology) - [List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations](/source/List_of_dinosaur-bearing_rock_formations) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Indiansaupo_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Indiansaupo_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Indiansaupo_1-2) Novas et al., 2011, p.345 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Haldar, A.; Ray, S.; Bandyopadhyay, S. (2024). "A new paratypothoracin aetosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic Dharmaram Formation of India and its biostratigraphic implications". *Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology*. e2439533. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/02724634.2024.2439533](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F02724634.2024.2439533). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) Haldar, A.; Ray, S.; Bandyopadhyay, S. (2023). "A new typothoracine aetosaur (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic of India with insights on biostratigraphy, diversification, and paleobiogeography". *Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology*. e2253292. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/02724634.2023.2253292](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F02724634.2023.2253292). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_4-1) Haldar, A.; Ray, S.; Bandyopadhyay, S. (2025). "First report of desmatosuchin aetosaurs (Diapsida, Archosauria) from the lower part of Dharmaram Formation and a biostratigraphic re-evaluation of the upper Triassic horizons of India". *Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology*: 1–30. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/08912963.2025.2569748](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F08912963.2025.2569748). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Novas2011_p343_5-0)** Novas et al., 2011, p.343 ### Bibliography - [Novas, Fernando E.](/source/Fernando_Novas); Ezcurra, Martín D.; [Chatterjee, Sankar](/source/Sankar_Chatterjee); Kutty, T.S. (2011), ["New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of central India"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231824148), *[Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Earth_and_Environmental_Science_Transactions_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh)*, **101** (3–4): 333–349, [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2010EESTR.101..333N](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010EESTR.101..333N), [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S1755691011020093](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS1755691011020093), retrieved 6 April 2019[doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S1755691011020093](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS1755691011020093) ## Further reading - [Weishampel, David B.](/source/David_B._Weishampel); [Dodson, Peter](/source/Peter_Dodson); [Osmólska, Halszka](/source/Halszka_Osm%C3%B3lska) (2004), [*The Dinosauria, 2nd edition*](https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C), Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-520-24209-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-520-24209-2), retrieved 21 February 2019{{[citation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation)}}: CS1 maint: publisher location ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_publisher_location)) This article about a specific stratigraphic formation is a stub. 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