Pradhania

Prad-ha-ne-ah.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Pradhania.

Phonetic

Prad-ha-ne-ah.

Named By

T.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Kutty,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Chatterjee,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Galton‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Upchurch‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Massospondylidae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬gracilis‭

Size

Roughly about‭ ‬4‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

India‭ ‬-‭ ‬Upper Dharmaram Formation.

Time Period

Sinemurian of the Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial remains.

In Depth

       Pradhania is a genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in what is now India during the Early Jurassic.‭ ‬Later analysis of the genus has interpreted Pradhania as massospondylid.‭ ‬Pradhania likely shared the same habitat as the genus Lamplughsaura which is also known from the same formation.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Basal sauropodomorphs‭ (‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia‭) ‬from the Lower Jurassic of India:‭ ‬their anatomy and relationships.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Paleontology‭ ‬81‭(‬6‭)‬:1552-1574.‭ ‬-‭ ‬T.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Kutty,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Chatterjee,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Galton‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬Upchurch‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007. -‭ ‬New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of central India.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh‭ ‬101‭ (‬3‭–‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬333‭–‬349.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Fernando E.‭ ‬Novas,‭ ‬Martin D.‭ ‬Ezcurra,‭ ‬Sankar Chatterjee‭ & ‬T.‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Kutty‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011.

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