Also known as Ootatoor
Where: Tamil Nadu, India (11.1° N, 78.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° S, 45.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Trichinopoly Group, Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Schlagintweit in 1856
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: W. T. Blanford. 1862. On the Cretaceous and other rocks of the South Arcit, and Trichinopoly districts, Madras. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 4(1):1-217 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 189378: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.10.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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? Iguanodon sp. Mantell 1825 ornithopod "remains of a gigantic Saurian, supposed to be an Iguanodon"
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