Pradhania

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Pradhania
Fossil range: Early Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Genus: Pradhania
Kutty et al., 2007
Species

P. gracilis Kutty et al., 2007 (type)

Pradhania is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Sinemurian-age (Early Jurassic) Dharmaram Formation of India. The type species is P. gracilis. It was a basal sauropodomorph of modest size, only about four meters (13 ft) long, and is known from fragmentary remains.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kutty, T.S.; Chatterjee, S.; Galton, P.M.; and Upchurch, P. (2007). "Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Jurassic of India: their anatomy and relationships". Journal of Paleontology 81 (6): 1552–1574. doi:10.1666/04-074.1. 

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