SW of Kataram village (Triassic to of India)

Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (18.6° N, 79.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 37.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maleri Formation, Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Specimen in the Regional Palaeontological Laboratory, Southern Region, GSI Complex, Hyderabad

Primary reference: D. C. Das Sarma, G. Vijayasarathi, C. V. N. K. Rao, T. T. Nath, S. Anantaraman and M. N. Gururaja. 1991. An articulated rhynchosaur fossil from Maleri Formation (Upper Gondwana), Andhra Pradesh, South India. Current Biology 61(6):405-407 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174030: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 23.10.2015

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Rhynchosauria - Rhynchosauridae
Hyperodapedon sp. Huxley 1859 rhynchosaur
Articulated skeleton