Auspali village: Maastrichtian, India
collected 1986

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Dyrosauridae
Dyrosauridae indet. Stefano 1903
Vertebrae and teeth
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonioidea indet. Baur 1893
Abundant carapace and plastron fragments
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus indet. Agassiz 1843
Scales
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates: 17.3° North, 77.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.1° South, 58.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian Foram zone: Cardita beaumonti
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lameta
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Infratrappean
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1986
Metadata
Also known as:Alipur
Database number:123491
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-01-24 06:04:21 Last modified:2012-01-23 13:04:21
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-24 06:04:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39682. R. S. Rana. 1987. Dyrosaurid crocodile (Mesosuchia) from the infratrappean beds of Vikarabad, Hyderabad District, Andhra Pradesh. Current Science 56:532-534 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]