Where: Tamil Nadu, India (11.2° N, 79.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.3° S, 45.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kunnam Formation (Uttattur Group), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: K. Ayyasami and I. Das. 1990. Unusual preservation of a Cretaceous turtle fossil. Journal of the Geological Society of India 36(5):519-522 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46391: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 12.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Shweboemys sp. Swinton 1939 sideneck turtle | |
Bivalvia | |
Exogyra suborbiculata oyster | |
Mytiloides mytiloides Mantell 1822 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Mammites conciliatum" = Pseudaspidoceras conciliatum, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) crassitesta
"Mammites conciliatum" = Pseudaspidoceras conciliatum Stoliczka 1865 ammonite | |
Neoptychites cephalotus Courtiller 1860 ammonite |