Dongargaon Hill: Maastrichtian, India
collected by S. L. Jain 1984–1986
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Shweboemys pisdurensis
(Jain 1977)
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Jain and Bandyopadhyay 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= Kurmademydini indet.
Gaffney et al. 2006
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Joyce and Bandyopadhyay 2020 | |||||||||
| ISI R185–R193 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Titanosaurus indicus
Lydekker 1877
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Chatterjee and Rudra 1996 | 1 individual | ||||||||
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= Titanosaurus colberti n. sp.
Jain and Bandyopadhyay 1997
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Jain and Bandyopadhyay 1997 | |||||||||
| recombined as Isisaurus colberti | ||||||||||
| ISI R 199 - holotype | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotes deccanensis
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Kapur and Khosla 2019 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus indicus
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Prasad 1989 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodus lametai
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Prasad 1989 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
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Eoserranus hislopi
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Kapur and Khosla 2019 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Kapur and Khosla 2019 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Clupea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Kapur and Khosla 2019 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Igdabatis indicus
Prasad and Cappetta 1993
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Kapur and Khosla 2019 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
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Viracarpon sp. seed/fruit
Sahni 1934
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Srivastava 1991 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Arecaceae
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Palmoxylon pantii wood
Trivedi and Surange 1971
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Srivastava 1991 | |||||||||
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Palmoxylon sagari wood
Sahni 1964
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Srivastava 1991 | |||||||||
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Palmostroboxylon indicum n. gen., n. sp. wood
Biradar and Bonde 1979
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Srivastava 1991 | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Lamiales
- Verbenaceae
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Gmelinoxylon sp. wood
Biradar and Bonde 1984
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Srivastava 1991 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Maharashtra | County: | Chandrapur |
| Coordinates: | 21.2° North, 80.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.7° South, 62.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 339 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lameta | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Deccan II phase
C30n | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green,red silty claystone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | planar lamination claystone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: The Lameta Formation of Dongargaon comprises red and green silty clays overlain by variegated finely laminated clays intercalated with thin partings of claystone, linestone, marl, and occasional sandstone partings. The total thickness of the formation is approximately 20 m. | |||
| Environment: | crevasse splay | Tectonic setting: | forearc basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 2 individuals | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | S. L. Jain | Collection dates: | 1984–1986 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Isisaurus type site | ||
| Database number: | 11604 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, B. Allen | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2001-08-23 12:16:37 | Last modified: | 2024-02-05 14:17:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-08-23 12:16:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57058. | E. H. Colbert. 1984. Mesozoic reptiles, India and Gondwanaland. Indian Journal of Earth Sciences 11(1):25-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 33029 | ETE | S. Chatterjee and D. K. Rudra. 1996. KT events in India: impact, rifting, volcanism and dinosaur extinction. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(3):489-532 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 4177 | 5% 4920 | S. L. Jain and S. Bandyopadhyay. 1997. New titanosaurid (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of central India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(1):114-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 72839 | W. G. Joyce and S. Bandyopadhyay. 2020. A revision of the pelomedusoid turtle Jainemys pisdurensis from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Lameta Formation of India. PeerJ 8:e9330:1-28 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] | |
| 78375 | V. V. Kapur and A. Khosla. 2019. Faunal elements from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary sequences of India: a reappraisal of biostratigraphic, palaeoecologic, and palaeobiogeographic aspects. Geological Journal 54(5):2797-2828 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 87460 | A. Khosla and S. G. Lucas. 2023. Review of the Cretaceous dinosaurs from India and their paleobiogeographic significance. Acta Geologica Polonica 73(4):707-740 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 76846 | M. S. Malkani. 2010. Dinosaurs and Cretaceous Tertiary (K-T) boundary of Pakistan—a past big disaster alerts for present disaster advances. Disaster Advances 3(4):567-572 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 19787 | ETE | D. M. Mohabey. 1996. Depositional environment of Lameta Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Nand-Dongargaon inland basin, Maharashtra: the fossil and lithological evidences. In A. Sahni (ed.), Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments (L. Rama Rao Volume). Geological Society of India Memoir 37:363-386 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 79455 | D. M. Mohabey and B. Samant. 2013. Deccan continental flood basalt eruption terminated Indian dinosaurs before the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Geological Society of India Special Publication 1:260-267 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 46927 | D. M. Mohabey, S. Sen, and J. A. Wilson. 2013. India's first dinosaur, rediscovered. Current Science 104(1):34-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 13712 | ETE | J. E. Powell. 2003. Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111:1-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 78377 | G. V. R. Prasad. 1989. Vertebrate fauna from the infra- and inter-trappean beds of Andhra Pradesh: age implications. Journal of the Geological Society of India 34:161-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 81580 | G. V. R. Prasad. 2012. Vertebrate biodiversity of the Deccan volcanic province of India: a review. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183(6):597-610 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 60340 | A. Sahni. 1997. Indian dinosaurs. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 361-368 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82996 | R. Srivastava. 1991. A Catalogue of Fossil Plants from India Part 4: Cenozoic (Tertiary) Megafossils. 1-45 [B. Allen/B. Allen] |