Kisalpuri: Maastrichtian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Paracandona jabalpurensis
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Rage et al. 2020
DUGF/522 (maxilla); DUGF/515 (presacral vertebra); DUGF/513 (sacral vertebra); DUGF/516, 517, 518 (all urostyles); DUGF/519 (coracoid); DUGF/524, 525 (scapulae); DUGF/485, 486 (humeri); DUGF/521 (vertebra); DUGF/481 (scapula); DUGF/520 (coracoid); DUGF/468 (ilia); DUGF 487-512 (radioulnae); DUGF/556-560 (tibiofibulae);
Neobatrachia (informal Leptodactylid-Hemisotid morphotype) indet. Reig 1958
Rage et al. 2020
Leptodactylid-Hemisotid morphotype Isolated ilia DUGF/453-459, 461, 462, 469, 470, 478, and perhaps DUGF/463-467 and DUGF/473-477
Neobatrachia (informal Ranoid-Myobatrachoid morphotype) indet. Reig 1958
Rage et al. 2020
Ranoid-Myobatrachoid morphotype DUGF/450, 452, 460, and perhaps DUGF/451, 471, 472
Neobatrachia (informal ? Ranoid Morphotype) indet. Reig 1958
Rage et al. 2020
?Ranoid Morphotype Two incomplete ilia (DUGF/479 and 480)
Neobatrachia (informal Morphotype A) indet. Reig 1958
Rage et al. 2020
One incomplete left ilium DUGF/482
Neobatrachia (informal Morphotype B) indet. Reig 1958
Rage et al. 2020
One incomplete left ilium DUGF/483
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Leptodactylidae
? Leptodactylidae indet. Stirton 1953
1 specimen
ilium
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
? Costata indet. Lataste 1879
Rage et al. 2020
DUGF/484 ilia;
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
eggshell fragments
Reptilia - Laevisoolithidae
Subtiliolithus kachchhensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
Reptilia - Fusioolithidae
Megaloolithus baghensis Khosla and Sahni 1995
recombined as Fusioolithus baghensis
Reptilia
Neosuchia indet. Clark 1988
teeth
Reptilia - Dyrosauridae
Dyrosauridae indet. Stefano 1903
Khosla et al. 2009 4 specimens
VPL/JU/IR/400-403
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Rage et al. 2020
DUGF/540 (premaxillae); DUGF/544-555 (maxillae); DUGF/541-543 (dentaries);
Reptilia - Serpentes
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Khosla et al. 2009
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
1 specimen
premaxilla
Reptilia - Testudines
Carteremys sp. Williams 1953
Kapur and Khosla 2019
Mammalia - Sudamericidae
Bharattherium bonapartei n. gen., n. sp. Prasad et al. 2007
Prasad et al. 2007
Mammalia - Otlestidae
? Otlestidae indet. (Nessov 1985)
1 specimen
invalid subgroup of Zalambdalestoidea
VPL/JU/IM/31
Mammalia
Kharmerungulatum vanvaleni n. gen., n. sp. Prasad et al. 2007
Prasad et al. 2007
Mammalia - Adapisoriculidae
Deccanolestes sp. Prasad and Sahni 1988
Prasad et al. 2007
Deccanolestes narmadensis n. sp. Prasad et al. 2010
Prasad et al. 2010 4 specimens
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Osteoglossidae indet. Bonaparte 1832
1 specimen
squamule
Phareodus sp. Leidy 1873
Kapur and Khosla 2019
Actinopteri - Siluriformes
Siluriformes indet.
1 specimen
pectoral spine
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus cf. indicus
2 specimens
tooth, scale
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1833)
1 specimen
branchial tooth
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Igdabatis indicus Prasad and Cappetta 1993
1 specimen
tooth
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Ilyocyprididae
Paracypretta bhatiai (Khosla and Sahni 2000)
original and current combination Altanicypris bhatiai
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Madhya Pradesh County:Dindori
Coordinates: 22.9° North, 80.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.3° South, 64.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: age based on chondrichthyans and ostracods; "intertrappean"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,green siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Brownish-green siltstone" (Prasad et al. 2007 in Science) Rage et al. 2020: The Kisalpuri intertrappean section is 4.5 m thick and consists of clays, mudstones, and siltstones. The amphibian and squamate fossils described here come from a 70 cm thick siltstone bed.
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve
Rock censused:4000 kg
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: "About 50 isolated teeth and postcranial bones of placental mammals" plus chondrichthyans and ostracods and one gondwanathere tooth recovered "by bulk screen-washing of about 3000 kg of sediment"; "4 tons of sediment" according to Prasad et al. 2007 in Science
material reposited in the Vertebrate Palaeontology Laboratory, Jammu University
The fossil specimens described here are deposited in the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory of the Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India and bear cata- logue numbers with the acronym DUGF. The acronym VPL/JU refers to the vertebrate paleontological collections of Jammu University, India.
Metadata
Also known as:Intertrappean Beds Kisalpuri
Database number:75493
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen, M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, G. Varnham, M. Uhen, M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-10-14 10:52:01 Last modified:2022-03-29 07:24:36
Access level:the public Released:2007-10-14 10:52:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26453.ETE A. Khosla, G. V. R. Prasad, O. Verma, A. K. Jain, and A. Sahni. 2004. Discovery of a micromammal-yielding Deccan intertrappean site near Kisalpuri, Dindori District, Madhya Pradesh. Current Science 87(3):380-383 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

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]
33275ETE A. Khosla, J. J. W. Sertich, G. V. R. Prasad and O. Verma. 2009. Dyrosaurid remains from the Intertrappean Beds of India and the Late Cretaceous distribution of Dyrosauridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):1321-1326 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
25488 G. V. R. Prasad, O. Verma, A. Sahni, D. W. Krause, A. Khosla and V. Parmar. 2007. A new Late Cretaceous gondwanatherian mammal from central India. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 73(1):17-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
25783 G. V. R. Prasad, O. Verma, A. Sahni, V. Parmar, and A. Khosla. 2007. A Cretaceous hoofed mammal from India. Science 318:937 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
37977 G. V. R. Prasad, O. Verma, E. Gheerbrant, A. Goswami, A. Khosla, V. Parmar, and A. Sahni. 2010. First mammal evidence from the Late Cretaceous of India for biotic dispersal between India and Africa at the KT transition. Comptes Rendus Palevol 9:63-71 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]
81043 J. -C. Rage, G. V. R. Prasad, O. Verma, A. Khosla, and V. Parmar. 2020. Anuran Lissamphibian and Squamate Reptiles from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Deccan Intertrappean Sites in Central India, with a Review of Lissamphibian and Squamate Diversity in the Northward Drifting Indian Plate. In G. V. R. Prasad, R. Patnaik (eds.), Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics: New Perspectives on Post-Gondwana Break-up—A Tribute to Ashok Sahni 99-121 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]