Hathni River section (Cretaceous of India)

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (22.3° N, 74.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.3° S, 57.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "between the Bagh Beds...and the Deccan Basalts"; infratrappean

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandy carbonate

• "sandy carbonates"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with silica

Collected by S. Bajpai & S. Srinavasan in 1991

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: A. Sahni, S. K. Tandon, A. Jolly, S. Bajpai, A. Sood and S. Srinivasan. 1994. Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggs and nesting sites from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary province of peninsular India. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch & J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies 204-226 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 178977: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
? Titanosauridae "indet. I", ? Titanosauridae "indet. II"
? Titanosauridae "indet. I" Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid
"Titanosaurid Type I"; TST-I; nests
? Titanosauridae "indet. II" Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid
"Titanosaurid Type II"; TST-II; fragments