Where: Andhra Pradesh, India (19.4° N, 79.2° E: paleocoordinates 27.8° S, 60.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• Coeval to Takli Formation of Nagpur; intertrappean
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; fine-grained, yellow sandstone and white, calcareous sandstone
•Intertrappean beds
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1982-1984
Collection methods: sieve,
Primary reference: A. Sahni, R. S. Rana, and G. V. R. Prasad. 1984. SEM studies of thin egg shell fragments from the intertrappeans (Cretaceous-Tertiary transition) of Nagpur and Asifabad, Peninsular India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 29:26-33 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 58101: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 19.01.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Charophyta indet. Migula 1890 | |
Foraminifera | |
Foraminifera indet. foram | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Reptilia | |
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Amphibia | |
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Actinopteri | |
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cf. Belonostomus sp.2 Agassiz 1834 | |
Stephanodus sp. Zittel 1883 | |
Pycnodontidae indet.2 Agassiz 1833 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
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