Pradhania

Pradhan's (genus), a name honouring a person

• Pradhan · Indian surname · surname of the person honoured
• -ia · Latin · Latinised suffix forming a genus name

Pradhania is a patronym, a name that honours a person called Pradhan who was associated with the discovery or study of the fossils in India. The ending "-ia" is a Latinised suffix that turns the surname into a genus name. It is not a descriptive name for an anatomical feature.

Named by

Kutty et al.

Year named

2007

Period

Early Jurassic

Found in

Dharmaram Formation, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana), India

Pradhania is a basal sauropodomorph. It is based on Pradhania gracile. Its exact relationships within early sauropodomorphs have been debated. I am not certain who the name honours, so check the original 2007 description for the dedication. I left the geologic stages blank because the age of the Dharmaram Formation is not well constrained.