page_title: Lower Maleri Formation
section_title: Vertebrate fauna
hierarchical_section_title: Lower Maleri Formation / Vertebrate fauna
caption_attribution_description: Illustration of Alwalkeria maleriensis by Karkemish
context_page_description: The Lower Maleri Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India. It is the lowermost member of the Pranhita–Godavari Basin. It is of late Carnian to early Norian age, and is notable for its fossils of early dinosaurs, including the basal saurischian Alwalkeria.
context_section_description: cf. Angistorhinus and cf. Typothorax have also been recovered from it.
caption: Alwalkeria maleriensis
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