| Nambalia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Bagualosauria |
| Genus: | †Nambalia Novaset al.2011 |
| Species | |
Nambalia is agenus ofbasalsauropodomorphdinosaur. It lived during theLate Triassicperiod (lateNorian to earliestRhaetian) in what is nowTelangana, centralIndia. It is known from theholotypeISI R273, parts 1–3, partially articulatedpostcranial material and from the paratypes ISI R273, parts 4-29, including partial postcrania of at least two individuals of different sizes found closely associated and one of them is nearly the same size as the holotype.
ISI R273 was discovered and collected from theUpper Maleri Formation within thePranhita–Godavari Basin, north ofNambal village. It was first named byFernando E. Novas,Martin D. Ezcurra,Sankar Chatterjee andT. S. Kutty in2011 and the type species isNambalia roychowdhurii. Thegeneric name is derived from the Indian village ofNambal which is close to the type locality. Thespecific name honors Dr.Roy Chowdhuri, for his research on theTriassic vertebrate faunas of India.
Acladistic analysis by Novas et al. found thatNambalia is basal toEfraasia,Plateosauravus,Ruehleia andPlateosauria, but more derived thanThecodontosaurus,Pantydraco, andGuaibasauridae.Nambalia was found along with theplateosauridJaklapallisaurus, aguaibasaurid, and two basaldinosauriforms.[1]
