Maleri Formation

The Maleri Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is of Norian age (Upper Triassic), and is notable for its fossils of early dinosaurs, including the basal saurischian (possible theropod) Alwalkeria.[1]

Maleri Formation Stratigraphic range: Norian
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	Andhra Pradesh
Country	India

Vertebrate fauna

A guaibasaurid and 2 basal dinosauriforms have also been recovered from it.[2]

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.

Archosaurs reported from the Maleri Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Alwalkeria[1]	A. maleriensis[1]	Andhra Pradesh	Lower Maleri	"Partial skull and postcranial remains."[3]
Jaklapallisaurus	J. assymetrica	Andhra Pradesh	Upper Maleri[2]
Massospondylus	M. hislopi	Andhra Pradesh	Lower Maleri	"Isolated vertebrae."[4]	Later found to be indeterminate prosauropod remains.
Nambalia	N. roychowdhurii	Andhra Pradesh	Upper Maleri[2]
Plateosaurus	Indeterminate	Andhra Pradesh	Lower Maleri		Later found to be indeterminate prosauropod remains.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 525–527. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
2. New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of Central India. Fernando E. Novas, Martin D. Ezcurra, Sankar Chatterjee and T. S. Kutty Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh / Volume 101 / Special Issue 3-4, pp 333 - 349 Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 2011 Published online: 17 May 2011 DOI:10.1017/S1755691011020093
3. "Table 2.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 26.
4. "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 236.

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.