Waniawao, Dohad: Maastrichtian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
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| "Type II" eggs | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Fusioolithidae
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aff. Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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| "Type I"; clusters of egg shells (clutches?) | ||||||||||
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= Megaloolithidae indet.
Zhao 1979
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Sahni et al. 1994 | |||||||||
| "(?) Titanosaurid Type II" | ||||||||||
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= Megaloolithus phensaniensis
Mohabey 1998
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Mohabey 1998 | |||||||||
| synonym of Fusioolithus mohabeyi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Gujarat | County: | Panchmahals |
| Coordinates: | 22.9° North, 74.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.7° South, 57.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 307 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lameta |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy "carbonate" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Waniawas | ||
| Database number: | 61502 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-06-14 13:38:37 | Last modified: | 2021-04-07 11:16:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-06-14 13:38:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59218. | D. M. Mohabey and U. B. Mathur. 1989. Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggs from new localities of Gujarat, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 33:32-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 14221 | ETE | K. Carpenter and K. Alf. 1994. Global distribution of dinosaur eggs, nests, and babies. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 13-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 76263 | M. S. Fernández and A. Khosla. 2015. Parataxonomic review of the Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggshells belonging to the oofamily Megaloolithidae from India and Argentina. Historical Biology 27(2):158-180 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 17741 | ETE | D. M. Mohabey. 1998. Systematics of Indian Upper Cretaceous dinosaur and chelonian eggshells. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):348-362 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 19788 | ETE | D. M. Mohabey. 2001. Indian dinosaur eggs: a review. Journal of the Geological Society of India 58(6):479-508 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 18863 | ETE | 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] |