Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.9° N, 81.4° E: paleocoordinates 35.1° S, 44.2° E)
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When: Tiki Formation, Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: wet floodplain; limestone and mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: A new bonebed (BB I) encompassing a total area of 1947 m2 is identified based on surface indicators such as small fragmentary fossil remains. The fossils are mainly recovered from two sites (I and II) within this bonebed, which are of about 700 m2 and 300 m2, respectively, and spatially separated by a distance of about 35 m. The region between the two sites is partially destroyed and the bonebed is completely exposed by natural and anthropogenic activities.
Primary reference: N. Rakshit and S. Ray. 2020. Mortality dynamics and fossilisation pathways of a new metoposaurid-dominated multitaxic bonebed from India: a window into the Late Triassic vertebrate palaeoecosystem. Historical Biology [B. Gee/B. Gee]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 218155: authorized by Bryan Gee, entered by Bryan Gee on 19.02.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Metoposauridae indet. Watson 1919 tetrapod at least 655 specimens (reposited at Indian Institute of Technology)
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Reptilia | |
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Bivalvia | |
Tihkia sp. Sahni and Tewari 1958 clam |