Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.2° N, 80.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° S, 63.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Limestone Member (Lameta Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• Main Limestone = Lower Limestone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green, cherty/siliceous limestone and green claystone
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by S. Singh, A. Tripathi in 1982
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,
Primary reference: A. Sahni and A. Tripathi. 1990. Age implications of the Jabalpur Lameta Formation and intertrappean biotas. In A. Sahni & A. Jolly (ed.), Cretaceous Event Stratigraphy and Correlation of the Indian Nonmarine Strata. Contributions from the Seminar cum Workshop, IGCP Projects 216 and 245 35-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 226125: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.06.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Cyprinotus sp. Brady 1886 ostracod | |
Paracypretta sp. Sars 1924 ostracod | |
Eucandona sp. Daday 1900 ostracod | |
Darwinula sp. Brady and Robertson 1885 ostracod | |
Gastropoda | |
Physa prinsepii Sowerby 1840 snail | |
Lymnaea subulata snail | |
Paludina normalis Hislop 1859 snail | |
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833 | |
Apateodus striatus Woodward 1901 | |
Stephanodus sp. Zittel 1883 | |
Phareodus sp. Leidy 1873 arowana | |
Amphibia | |
Pelobatidae indet. Lataste 1879 spadefoot toad | |