List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Temnospondyli indet.
von Zittel 1887
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Reptilia
- Proterosuchidae
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Chasmatosaurus sp.
Haughton 1924
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5 elements | |||||||||
| synonym of Proterosuchus | ||||||||||
| GSI 18123, 18124, 18125, three partial mandibles and two partial ilia | ||||||||||
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Anomodontia
- Lystrosauridae
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Lystrosaurus sp.
Cope 1870
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | West Bengal |
| Coordinates: | 23.7° North, 86.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.4° South, 60.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 75 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Panchet | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Panchet Formation yields a typical earliest Triassic vertebrate assemblage that can be correlated with the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green,white sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | GSI | ||
| Collectors: | P. P. Satsangi | Collection dates: | 1964 |
| Collection method comments: GSI: Geological Survey of India, Calcutta | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 117187 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-17 04:46:47 | Last modified: | 2012-11-29 07:53:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-17 04:46:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37676. | P. P. Satsangi. 1964. A note on Chasmatosaurus from the Panchet Series of Raniganj Coalfield, India. Current Science 21:651-652 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |