Bagh Caves (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Hathni

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (22.3° N, 74.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 58.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

• It is possible that the eggs were laid in a freshwater inland basin.
• "The cherty limestones are 4.5 m in thickness and comprises of microcrystalline to coarse crystalline calcites with scattered grains of detrital quartz, which are medium to coarse in size and subrounded in nature. Secondary structures include veins, cavities and bands which are completely occupied by the cryptocrystalline silica, mainly chert. This silica seems to be a secondary product, derived from the silica bearing solutions of the overlying Deccan basalts."

Size class: macrofossils

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 57179: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 08.12.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.1
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithus jabalpurensis2
Megaloolithus jabalpurensis2 Khosla and Sahni 1995 titanosaurid
"(?) Titanosaurid Type-II"
1Joshi 1995; 2Khosla and Sahni 1995