Takli 1 (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Takli, Intertrappean Beds Nagpur

Where: Maharashtra, India (21.2° N, 79.1° E: paleocoordinates 25.0° S, 62.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Takli Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Deccan Intertrappean beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, green claystone and coarse-grained, shelly/skeletal, sandy marl

• lacustrine or lagoonal conditions with minor fluvial inputs
• "Compact, fine-grained, green fossiliferous clay bed yielding abundant microvertebrates and other microfossils. The gree clay bed is in turn overlain by compact, coarse grained, richly fossiliferous sandy hard marl"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1981–1984

Collection methods: bulk, 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 58102: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 19.01.2006, edited by Matthew Carrano, Grace Varnham and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Charophyta indet.9 Migula 1890
"charophytes"
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Paludina sp.3 Férussac 1812 snail
 Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata sp.3 Müller 1774 snail
 Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa prinsepii4 Sowerby 1840 snail
Bivalvia
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia9
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia9 Linnaeus 1758 clam
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.9 Latreille 1802 ostracod
"ostracodes"
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Igdabatis sigmodon5 Cappetta 1972 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp.3 Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.1 Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobatidae indet.6 Lataste 1879 spadefoot toad
Mammalia
 Symmetrodonta -
Symmetrodonta indet.7 symmetrodont
Reptilia
 Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet.7 Cope 1868 sideneck turtle
"turtles"
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae indet.6 Gray 1825 boa
Boidae indet.3 Gray 1825 boa
"snakes"
 Squamata - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet.4 Gray 1825 gecko
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Iguanidae indet.4 Oppel 1811 squamates
Pristiguana sp.4 Estes and Price 1973 squamates
 Squamata -
Litakis sp.4 Estes 1964 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguidae indet.7 Gray 1825 squamates
 Squamata - Xenosauridae
Exostinus estesi4 squamates
Exostinus estesai6 squamates
 Squamata -
Scincomorpha indet.3 squamates
"lizards"
 Squamata - Globauridae
? Contogenys sp.4 Estes 1969 squamates
 Archosauria -
Archosauria indet.10 archosaur
TAK 1-4, 1-5, teeth ("Saurischia indet. or Crocodilia")
 Loricata -
Crocodyliformes indet.8 crocodilian
"crocodiles"
  - Fusioolithidae
"Megaloolithus baghensis" = Fusioolithus baghensis2
"Megaloolithus baghensis" = Fusioolithus baghensis2 Khosla and Sahni 1995 dinosaur
eggshell fragments, teeth
 Theropoda -
? Coelurosauria indet.10 coelurosaur
TAK 1-6, 1-7, teeth
 Saurischia -
? Sauropoda indet.10 sauropod
TAK 1-3, tooth
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus bicresta5 Kumar and Loyal 1987
Pycnodus lametae7 Woodward 1908
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes sp.3 Agassiz 1832 gar
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
 Amiiformes - Palaeolabridae
Palaeolabrus dormaalensis5 Casier 1967 bowfin
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp.3 Agassiz 1835
Enchodus ferox7 Leidy 1855
 Aulopiformes - Ichthyotringidae
Apateodus striatus5 Woodward 1901
 Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Stephanodus lybicus5 Zittel 1888
 Tetraodontiformes - Ostraciidae
Ostracion sp.7 Rafinesque 1815
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidae indet.7 Cuvier 1817 herring
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp.7 Artedi 1793 barracuda
 Aspidorhynchiformes - Aspidorhynchidae
Belonostomus sp.3 Agassiz 1834
Limnaea
  -
Limnaea sp.3 Lamarck 1799