Pradhania

Say it like this: “prad-han-ee-uh”

Pradhania gracilis

Pradhania ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Jurassic. Bones have been found in India.

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When: Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian) · roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago
Named in: 2007 · Kutty, T. S.; Chatterjee, S.; Galton, P. M.; Upchurch, P.
Hip height: Not established
Length: 4 m · 13 ft
Weight: Not established
Found in: India · Dharmaram
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two legs
Kind: early long-neck · Sauropodomorph
Family branch: Plateosauria

The story in short

The genus Pradhania dates to 2007, the year T. S. Kutty and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Pradhania date to the Early Jurassic (Hettangian · Sinemurian), roughly 201.4 to 192.9 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Dharmaram Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.

Published estimates put Pradhania at a length near 4 m.

On the family tree it sits in Plateosauria, among the early long-necked dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Musankwa

Musankwa sanyatiensis

Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago

Plateosauravus

Plateosauravus cullingworthi

Late Triassic (Norian · Rhaetian) · roughly 227.3 to 201.4 million years ago

Ruehleia

Ruehleia bedheimensis

Late Triassic (Norian) · roughly 227.3 to 205.7 million years ago