Pisdura Hill (sandstone): Maastrichtian, India
collected by S. L. Jain & A. Sahni 1980-1984

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1833)
Jain and Sahni 1985
    = Pycnodus lametae Woodward 1908
Prasad 1989
Pycnodus bicresta Kumar and Loyal 1987
Prasad 1989
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
3 elements
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
1 element
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
1 element
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes
Pisdurodon spatulatus Jain and Sahni 1983
1 element
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
Eotrigonodon wardhaensis n. gen., n. sp. Jain and Sahni 1983
1 element
Stephanodus lybicus (Zittel 1888)
1 element
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes
Indotrigonodon ovatus n. gen., n. sp. Jain and Sahni 1983
4 elements
Actinopteri - Perciformes
Eoserranus sp. Woodward 1908
1 element
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
3 elements
    = Lepisosteus indicus
Prasad 1989
Reptilia - Fusioolithidae
aff. Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Jain and Sahni 1985 14 specimens
eggshell fragments
    = Megaloolithus baghensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
Khosla and Sahni 1995
recombined as Fusioolithus baghensis
VPL/KH 555, 556
Reptilia - Crocodyliformes
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
2 specimens
ITV/P/Cr-300 to 302
    = Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
Prasad 1989
    = Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930
Rio and Mannion 2021
Reptilia
Booidea indet. Gray 1825
1 specimen
Reptilia - Madtsoiidae
Madtsoia pisdurensis Mohabey et al. 2011
Kapur and Khosla 2019
Reptilia - Testudines
Carteremys pisdurensis n. sp. Jain 1977
Joyce and Bandyopadhyay 2020
recombined as Jainemys pisdurensis
ISI R200 - type
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
Jain and Sahni 1985
Amphibia - Anura
Pelobatidae indet. Lataste 1879
5 specimens
    = Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813
Agnolin 2012
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus sp. Dames 1881
Jain and Sahni 1985
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Jain and Sahni 1985
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Igdabatis sigmoides
2 elements
    = Igdabatis sigmodon Cappetta 1972
Prasad 1989
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
1 element
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Maharashtra
Coordinates: 20.4° North, 79.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.9° South, 61.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:230 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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "infratrappean" White Sandstone, Deccan II phase
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green,red claystone
Secondary lithology:white sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "red and green clays, with a soft white sandstone at top"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:variable
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Rock censused:500 kg
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:S. L. Jain & A. Sahni Collection dates:1980-1984
Metadata
Also known as:Pisdura 2
Database number:60397
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, J. Alroy Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Alroy, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-05-12 12:40:32 Last modified:2022-05-17 15:04:19
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-12 12:40:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17376.ETE S. L. Jain and A. Sahni. 1983. Some Upper Cretaceous vertebrates from central India and their palaeogeographic implications. In H. K. Maheshwari (ed.), Proceedings of the Symposium on "Cretaceous of India: Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography and Time Boundaries", Lucknow. Indian Association of Palynostratigraphers 66-83 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

73340 F. Agnolin. 2012. A new Calyptocephalellidae (Anura, Neobatrachia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina, with comments on its systematic position. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 48(2):129-178 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
18120 J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
14221ETE K. Carpenter and K. Alf. 1994. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests, and babies. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 13-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
47228 S. L. Jain. 1989. Recent dinosaur discoveries in India, including eggshells, nests and coprolites. In D. D. Gillette & M. G. Lockley (ed.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces 99-108 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
19590ETE S. L. Jain and A. Sahni. 1985. Dinosaurian egg shell fragments from the Lameta Formation at Pisdura, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. Geoscience Journal 6(2):211-220 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
72839 W. G. Joyce and S. Bandyopadhyay. 2020. A revision of the pelomedusoid turtle Jainemys pisdurensis from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lameta Formation of India. PeerJ 8:e9330:1-28 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]
78375 V. V. Kapur and A. Khosla. 2019. Faunal elements from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary sequences of India: a reappraisal of biostratigraphic, palaeoecologic, and palaeobiogeographic aspects. Geological Journal 54(5):2797-2828 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
81638 A. Khosla and S. Bajpai. 2021. Dinosaur fossil records from India and their palaeobiogeographic implications: an overview. Journal of Palaeosciences 70:193-212 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
19584ETE A. Khosla and A. Sahni. 1995. Parataxonomic classification of Late Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells from India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 40:87-102 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71374 D. M. Mohabey. 2001. Dinosaur eggs and dung (fecal mass) from Late Cretaceous of central India: dietary implications. Geological Survey of India Special Publication 64:605-615 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78377 G. V. R. Prasad. 1989. Vertebrate fauna from the infra- and inter-trappean beds of Andhra Pradesh: age implications. Journal of the Geological Society of India 34:161-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
49398 R. S. Rana and K. K. Sati. 2000. Late Cretaceous–Palaeocene crocodilians from the Deccan Trap-associated sedimentary sequences of peninsular India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 45:123-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78086 J. P. Rio and P. D. Mannion. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem. PeerJ 9:e12094:1-156 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62680 A. Sahni. 1984. Cretaceous-Paleocene terrestrial faunas of India: lack of endemism during drifting of the Indian Plate. Science 226(4673):441-443 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
18863ETE A. Sahni, S. K. Tandon, A. Jolly, S. Bajpai, A. Sood and S. Srinivasan. 1994. Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggs and nesting sites from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary province of peninsular India. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch & J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies 204-226 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
81634 M. Vianey-Liaud, S. L. Jain, and A. Sahni. 1988. Dinosaur eggshells (Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous intertrappean and Lameta Formations (Deccan, India). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):408-424 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]