Akola, Umrer (Cretaceous of India)

Where: Maharashtra, India (22.9° N, 79.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° S, 62.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lameta Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in the 1960s

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: K. N. Prasad and K. K. Verma. 1967. Occurence of dinosaurian remains from the Lameta beds of Umrer, Nagpur district, Maharashtra. Current Science 36(20):547-548 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 57004: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 30.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801 snail
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Dinosauria -