Pradhania

DV-0643

Lived: 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Group: Early sauropodomorphs, Massospondylidae
Found in: India
Named by: Kutty et al. 2007

Field notes

About Pradhania

Pradhania was an early sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic, 201 to 193 million years ago. It belongs to the family Massospondylidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Pradhania, from India. Its fossils come from the Dharmaram Formation. It was named by Kutty et al. in 2007.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

195 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Massospondylidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. S. Kutty, S. Chatterjee, and P. M. Galton, P. Upchurch. 2007. Basal sauropodomorphs (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Lower Jurassic of India: their anatomy and relationships. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1552-1574