Pat Baba Mandir, Bara Simla (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Patbaba, Pat Bara

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.2° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° S, 63.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• infratrappean; close to contact with Mottled Nodular Bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; white sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collected by GSI

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Sahni and A. Tripathi. 1990. Age implications of the Jabalpur Lameta Formation and intertrappean biotas. 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 35-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58810: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.02.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
"Megaloolithus matleyi" = Megaloolithus jabalpurensis2 Khosla and Sahni 1995 titanosaurid
eggs; VPL/KH/212–221
Megaloolithus cylindricus1 Khosla and Sahni 1995 titanosaurid
eggs
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cyprididae