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{{short description|Geologic formation in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox rockunit
| name = Upper Dharmaram Formation
| image =
| caption =
| type = [[Geological formation]]
| age = [[Hettangian]]–[[Sinemurian]]<br />~{{fossilrange|201.3|190.8}}
| period = Lower Jurassic
| prilithology = [[Sandstone]], [[mudstone]]
| otherlithology =
| namedfor =
| namedby =
| region = [[Telangana]]
| country = [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|19.3|N|79.5|E|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|28.2|S|34.1|E|display=inline}}
| unitof =
| subunits =
| underlies = [[Kota Formation]]
| overlies = [[Lower Dharmaram Formation]]
| thickness =
| extent = [[Pranhita–Godavari Basin]]
| area =
| map = {{Location map+ | India
| relief = 1
| width = 250
| float = center
| places =
{{Location map~ | India
| lat_deg = 19.3
| lon_deg = 79.5
| mark = Blue pog.svg
| marksize = 10
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The '''Upper Dharmaram Formation''' is an [[Early Jurassic]] geologic [[geological formation|formation]] found in [[Telangana]], [[India]]. [[Dinosaur]] remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

==Age==
The Upper Dharmaram Formation overlies the Lower Dharmaram Formation, which dates to the [[Late Triassic]], and conformably underlies the [[Kota Formation]], the age of which is uncertain. Typical Triassic fauna, such as phytosaurs and aetosaurs, are absent from the Upper Dharmaram Formation, suggesting that it is Jurassic in age and that the boundary between the Lower and Upper Dharmaram Formation may correspond to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary.{{sfn|Kutty|Chatterjee|Galton|Upchurch|2007|p=1218}} A Sinemurian age has been suggested based on faunal similarities to the [[Upper Elliot Formation|Upper Elliot]] and [[Clarens Formation]]s of southern Africa, the [[Kayenta Formation]] of North America, and the [[Lower Lufeng Formation]] of China.{{sfn|Kutty|Chatterjee|Galton|Upchurch|2007|p=1219}} A Hettangian age has also been suggested.{{sfn|Chatterjee|2020|p=194}}

== Fossil organisms ==
===Non-dinosaurian reptiles===
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|+ [[Crocodylomorphs]]
|-
! Taxon
! Location
! Stratigraphic position
! Material
! Notes
! Images
|-
| aff. ''[[Dibothrosuchus]]''{{sfn|Kutty|Chatterjee|Galton|Upchurch|2007|p=1219}}
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|
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| A [[Sphenosuchia|sphenosuchian]]
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|-
|}
===Dinosaurs===
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|+ [[Theropods]]
|-
! Taxon
! Location
! Stratigraphic position
! Material
! Notes
! Images
|-
| aff. ''[[Dilophosaurus]]''{{sfn|Kutty|Chatterjee|Galton|Upchurch|2007|p=1219}}
|
|
|"isolated teeth and limb fragments"
| A large [[neotheropod]] similar to ''Dilophosaurus''
|
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|+ [[Sauropodomorphs]]
|-
! Taxon
! Location
! Stratigraphic position
! Material
! Notes
! Images
|-
|''[[Lamplughsaura dharmaramensis]]''
|
|
| Partial skeletons of four individuals{{sfn|Kutty|Chatterjee|Galton|Upchurch|2007|p=1220}}
| Possible basal [[Sauropod]].
|[[File:Lamplughsaura BW.jpg|thumb|center|200px|''[[Lamplughsaura]]'']]
|-
|
''[[Pradhania gracilis]]''
|
|
| Partial skeleton including a few skull bones, three vertebrae, and partial manus{{sfn|Kutty|Chatterjee|Galton|Upchurch|2007|p=1232}}
| A non-sauropod sauropodomorph, possibly a [[Massospondylidae|massospondylid]].
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|-
| Sauropodomorpha indet.
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|
| Incomplete femur
| A probable third sauropodomorph taxon, distinct from both ''Lamplughsaura'' and ''Pradhania''{{sfn|Kutty|Chatterjee|Galton|Upchurch|2007|p=1233}}
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|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

===Works cited===
{{refbegin|indent=yes}}
*{{Cite book| publisher = Springer International Publishing| isbn = 978-3-030-49752-1 | pages = 181–226| editor-first1 = Guntupalli V.R. | editor-last1 = Prasad | editor-first2 = Rajeev | editor-last2 = Patnaik | last = Chatterjee| first = Sankar| title = Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics| chapter = The Age of Dinosaurs in the Land of Gonds| series = Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology | location = Cham| date = 2020| doi = 10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_8 | s2cid = 229651571 | chapter-url = http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_8}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Kutty |first1=T.S. | last2 = Chatterjee | first2 = Sankar | last3 = Galton | first3 = Peter M. | last4 = Upchurch | first4 = Paul |year=2007 |title=Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Jurassic of India: their anatomy and relationships |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=81 |issue=6 |pages=1552–1574 |doi=10.1666/04-074.1 |bibcode=2007JPal...81.1218K |s2cid=130508134 |url=http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/81/6/1218|url-access=subscription }}
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[[Category:Geologic formations of India]]
[[Category:Geography of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Sinemurian Stage]]
[[Category:Jurassic System of Asia]]
[[Category:Sandstone formations]]
[[Category:Mudstone formations]]
[[Category:Paleontology in India]]
[[Category:Environment of Andhra Pradesh]]

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