Dongargaon Hill (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Isisaurus type site

Where: Maharashtra, India (21.2° N, 80.4° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 62.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Deccan II phase

•C30n

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; green, red, silty claystone and claystone

• The Lameta Formation of Dongargaon comprises red and green silty clays overlain by variegated finely laminated clays intercalated with thin partings of claystone, linestone, marl, and occasional sandstone partings. The total thickness of the formation is approximately 20 m.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by S. L. Jain in 1984–1986

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: E. H. Colbert. 1984. Mesozoic reptiles, India and Gondwanaland. Indian Journal of Earth Sciences 11(1):25-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 11604: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.08.2001, edited by Bethany Allen and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Angiospermae
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Viracarpon sp.5
Viracarpon sp.5 Sahni 1934
 Lamiales - Verbenaceae
Gmelinoxylon sp.5
Gmelinoxylon sp.5 Biradar and Bonde 1984 verbena
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmostroboxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp.5, Palmoxylon sagari5, Palmoxylon pantii5
Palmostroboxylon indicum n. gen. n. sp.5 Biradar and Bonde 1979 palm
Palmoxylon sagari5 Sahni 1964 palm
Palmoxylon pantii5 Trivedi and Surange 1971 palm
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Igdabatis indicus3
Igdabatis indicus3 Prasad and Cappetta 1993 eagle ray
Reptilia
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Kurmademydini indet.2
Kurmademydini indet.2 Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle
 Saurischia -
"Titanosaurus colberti n. sp." = Isisaurus colberti1
"Titanosaurus colberti n. sp." = Isisaurus colberti1 Jain and Bandyopadhyay 1997 sauropod
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus indicus4
 Lepisosteiformes -
Lepidotes deccanensis3
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus lametai4
 Perciformes -
Eoserranus hislopi3
Eoserranus hislopi3 perch-like fish
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus sp.3
Enchodus sp.3 Agassiz 1835
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupea sp.3
Clupea sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 herring
1Jain and Bandyopadhyay 1997; 2Joyce and Bandyopadhyay 2020; 3Kapur and Khosla 2019; 4Prasad 1989; 5Srivastava 1991