Khandajhari, Nand region: Maastrichtian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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Physa sp.
Draparnaud 1801
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Pelomedusidae
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Pelomedusidae indet.
Cope 1868
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Titanosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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"skeletal remains of titanosaurs associated with coprolites" | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | India | State/province: | Maharashtra |
Coordinates: | 20.7° North, 79.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 26.7° South, 61.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
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: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic,green,red,white claystone |
Secondary lithology: | red claystone |
Lithology description: "a very persistent pink, red, green and white mottled horizon (< 1 m thick) is noticed in the red overbank clays. It shows typical pedogenic features such as mottling, stippling, kankars, and pedotubules." Fossils in a lag above this paleosol. | |
Environment: | channel lag |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 68619 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-01-30 14:40:39 | Last modified: | 2007-01-30 16:40:39 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-30 14:40:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19787. | ETE | 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] |