Kulakkalnattam, west (Cretaceous of India)

Where: India (11.1° N, 78.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 42.9° E)

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When: Odiyam Member (Karai Formation), Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Ayyasami, S. Elamparuthi, and B. Gowtham. 2016. An ichthyosaur vertebra from the Cretaceous (Middle Cenomanian) Karai Formation, Southern India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 87:706-708 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 214382: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.09.2020

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Platypterygius sp. von Huene 1922 ichthyosaur
GSI 21578