Where: Gujarat, India (23.7° N, 69.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° S, 33.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Umia Formation (Upper Gondwana Group), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• Tithonian according to Bardet et al. (1991)
•Obtained from the Umia stage (Upper Jurassic) of the Upper Gondwanas of Kach according to Lydekker (1889, p. 160)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical,
• Collection housed in the Indian Museum of Calcutta
Primary reference: N. Bardet, J. -M. Mazin, E. Cariou, R. Enay, and J. Krishna. 1991. Les Plesiosauria du Jurassique supérieur de la province de Kachchh (Inde). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2, Mécanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'univers, Sciences de la Terre 313(11):1343-1347 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 141884: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 02.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Plesiosaurus indicus n. sp." = Simolestes indicus
"Plesiosaurus indicus n. sp." = Simolestes indicus Lydekker 1877 plesiosaur Partial mandible, cast in the Natural History Museum (BMNH R.1401)
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