Gaur River, Ranipur (upper bed) (Cretaceous to of India)

Also known as Jabalpur, LU-FMJB-89

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.1° N, 80.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.0° S, 61.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Campanian to Campanian (83.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• intertrappean bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1989

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: Y. K. Mathur and K. D. Sharma. 1990. Palynofossils and age of the Ranipur infratrappean bed, Gaur River, Jabalpur, M. P. In A. Sahni & A. Jolly (ed.), Cretaceous Event Stratigraphy and Correlation of the Indian Nonmarine Strata. Contributions from the Seminar cum Workshop, IGCP Projects 216 and 245 58-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226122: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.06.2022

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801 snail
Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
"fish scales"
Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur
"a large dinosaur pelvic girdle"