Chui Hill, Jabalpur [Mottled Nodular Beds]: Maastrichtian, India
collected by A. Sahni & D. Mehrotra

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Viviparus normalis
70 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Madhya Pradesh County:Jabalpur
Coordinates: 23.5° North, 81.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.0° South, 64.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:505 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lameta Member:Mottled Nodular Marl
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: a 30-cm thick bank containing gastropods
C29r
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lacustrine - large
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Associated major elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Rock censused:5 kg
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:A. Sahni & D. Mehrotra
Metadata
Database number:186132
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-06-15 10:22:29 Last modified:2022-06-17 10:37:21
Access level:the public Released:2017-06-15 10:22:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62452. A. Sahni. 1972. Paleoecology of Lameta Formation at Jabalpur (M.P.). Current Science 41(17):652 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

79455 D. M. Mohabey and B. Samant. 2013. Deccan continental flood basalt eruption terminated Indian dinosaurs before the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Geological Society of India Special Publication 1:260-267 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
62662 A. Sahni and D. K. Mehrotra. 1974. Turonian terrestrial communities of India. Geophytology 4(1):102-105 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
81940 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]