Dhuvadiya, Kheda (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Dhuvedia Talav

Where: Gujarat, India (23.0° N, 73.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 57.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• infratrappean

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone and yellow sandstone

• "calcretized sandstone (sandy limestone)"; "The buff coloured sandstone, about 2 m thick, grades upward into a grey and brown coloured siliceous limestone abut 3 m thick."

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: S. Srivastava, D. M. Mohabey, A. Sahni and S. C. Pant. 1986. Upper Cretaceous dinosaur egg clutches from Kheda District (Gujarat, India). Their distribution, shell ultrastructure and palaeoecology. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 193(5–6):219-233 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61611: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
  - Fusioolithidae
"Megaloolithus balasinorensis" = Fusioolithus baghensis
"Megaloolithus balasinorensis" = Fusioolithus baghensis Khosla and Sahni 1995 dinosaur
at least 5 clutches, 3-5 eggs each