Takli, Nagpur (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as M. rawesi type, Tákli

Where: Manharashtra, India (21.4° N, 79.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 61.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Takli Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• "intertrappean" beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Rawes in 1858–1860

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: S. Hislop. 1861. Remarks on the geology of Nágpur. Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 6:194-204 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63896: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.08.2006, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
ganoid and cycloid scales
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Massospondylus rawesi n. sp.2 Lydekker 1890 theropod
tooth, NHMUK R4190
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle
"a freshwater tortoise"
Actinopteri
 Scombriformes -
cf. Sphyraenodus sp. Agassiz 1839
ichthyolite
Angiospermae
  -
Xulinosprionites sp.1 Bowerbank 1840
 Sapindales - Rutaceae
Paraferonioxylon takliensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Dixit and Paradkar 1985 citrus
 Fabales - Fabaceae
cf. Faboidea sp.1 Bowerbank 1840 legume
cf. Cassia sp.1 Linnaeus 1753 legume
cf. Hedysareae indet.1 de Candolle 1825 legume
 Zygophyllales - Zygophyllaceae
Guaiacum takliensis n. sp.3 Dixit and Paradkar 1985 caltrop
  -
Viracarpon elongatum n. sp.1 Sahni 1944
 Apiales -
cf. Hydrocotyle sp.1 Linnaeus 1753 water pennywort
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Palmoxylon takliense n. sp.3 Kapgate and Sheikh 1982 palm
Palmocarpon takliensis1 Sahni 1934 palm
Nipadites sp.1 Bowerbank 1840 palm
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Takliostrobus alatus n. gen. n. sp.1
Takliostrobus alatus n. gen. n. sp.1 Sahni 1931 yew
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pityostrobus crassitesta n. sp.1 Sahni 1931
 Charales - Characea
Chara malcolmsonii n. sp.1 Sowerby 1840 stonewort