The PranhitaâÂÂGodavari Basin is a northwestâÂÂsoutheast striking geological structural basin (rift basin) in central India. The basin contains up to 7 kilometres of sedimentary strata of late Carboniferous/Early Permian to Cretaceous age. The basin is 400 km in length with a width of about 100 km and is terminated by the coast of the Indian Ocean on the southeast end.
The Late Permian aged Kundaram Formation has provided a terrestrial vertebrate fauna. The Late Triassic and the Early Jurassic strata in the basin host dinosaur fossils. The PranhitaâÂÂGodavari Basin contains four TriassicâÂÂJurassic formations, namely Lower Maleri, Upper Maleri, Lower Dharmaram and Upper Dharmaram.