Auspali village (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Alipur

Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (17.3° N, 77.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.1° S, 58.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cardita beaumonti foram zone, Lameta Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• Infratrappean

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1986

Primary reference: R. S. Rana. 1987. Dyrosaurid crocodile (Mesosuchia) from the infratrappean beds of Vikarabad, Hyderabad District, Andhra Pradesh. Current Science 56:532-534 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123491: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
Chelonioidea indet. Baur 1893 sea turtle
Abundant carapace and plastron fragments
 Loricata - Dyrosauridae
Dyrosauridae indet. crocodilian
Vertebrae and teeth
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus indet. Agassiz 1843 gar
Scales