Outline: a typical early sauropodomorph
Pradhania
"Pradhan's"
- Lived
- 201 to 193 million years ago, Early Jurassic
- Group
- Early sauropodomorphs, Massospondylidae
- Found in
- India
- Named by
- Kutty et al. 2007
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
195 million years ago
Field notes
About Pradhania
What it was like
Pradhania was a small plant eater from the long-necked line that later produced the giant sauropods, a relative of Massospondylus. It is known from part of a skull and skeleton.
Its world
It lived in the Early Jurassic in what is now India. Its bones come from the Dharmaram Formation, where it shared the land with the larger Lamplughsaura.
How it was found
Kutty and colleagues named Pradhania in 2007, after a fossil collector.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Massospondylidae
Sources: 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