Khandajhari, Nand region: Maastrichtian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788
Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Pelomedusidae indet. Cope 1868
Reptilia - Titanosauridae
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885
"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]