Where: Maharashtra, India (20.7° N, 79.3° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 61.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lameta Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: channel lag; paleosol/pedogenic, green, red, white claystone and red claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: D. M. Mohabey. 1996. Depositional environment of Lameta Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Nand-Dongargaon inland basin, Maharashtra: the fossil and lithological evidences. In A. Sahni (ed.), Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments (L. Rama Rao Volume). Geological Society of India Memoir 37:363-386 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68619: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid "skeletal remains of titanosaurs associated with coprolites"
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Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868 sideneck turtle | |
Gastropoda | |
Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel |