Bara Simla, Jabalpur [Ossiferous Conglomerate] (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Jabalpur

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)

• bed is at the top of the Lower/Main Limestone, in the Ossiferous Conglomerate

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly, conglomeratic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. A. Matley in 1917

Primary reference: C. A. Matley. 1921. On the stratigraphy, fossils and geological relationships of the Lameta beds of Jubbulpore. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53(2):142-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26374: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -