Chota Simla Hill (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Chhota Simla

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.2° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° S, 63.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Limestone Member (Lameta Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• from horizon 60 ft above that of Lametasaurus (Carnosaur Bed), apparently in same bed as "Sauropod Bed" but at a higher level; near junction of Mottled Nodular Beds with Upper Limestone

•Main Limestone = Lower Limestone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate and limestone

• "near junction of mottled nodular beds with the upper limestone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. K. Chakravarti in 1934

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: D. K. Chakravarti. 1934. On a stegosaurian humerus from the Lameta beds of Jubbulpore. Proceedings of the 21st Indian Science Congress 352 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 51964: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Brachypodosaurus gravis. n. gen. n. sp.
Brachypodosaurus gravis. n. gen. n. sp. Chakravarti 1934 heavy foot lizard
humerus