Lavariya Muwada, Kheda: Maastrichtian, India
collected by S. Srivastava
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Elongatoolithidae
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Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Srivastava et al. 1986 | 60 specimens | ||||||||
Kheda type B | ||||||||||
= Ellipsoolithus khedaensis n. gen., n. sp.
Mohabey 1998
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Mohabey 1998 | |||||||||
Trachoolithus n. gen. sp.
Mikhailov 1994
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Mohabey 2001 | |||||||||
"oosp. nova" | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | India | State/province: | Gujarat | County: | Kheda |
Coordinates: | 23.1° North, 73.3° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 22.1° South, 57.2° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Altitude: | 107 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 | Member: | Upper Sandy Carbonate | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 1 m below previously discovered level with eggs |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
Secondary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic calcareous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "calcretized sandstone"; "egg clutches occur within the upper part of the siliceous limestone which is about 4 m thick" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Geology comments: "calcretized paleosol" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Associated major elements: | many |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collectors: | S. Srivastava |
Metadata
Also known as: | Rahioli, Khevariya, Khevadiya, Kevadia | ||
Database number: | 60597 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-05-18 08:26:44 | Last modified: | 2023-08-04 15:02:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-18 08:26:44 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19590. | ETE | S. L. Jain and A. Sahni. 1985. Dinosaurian egg shell fragments from the Lameta Formation at Pisdura, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. Geoscience Journal 6(2):211-220 [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] |
81638 | A. Khosla and S. Bajpai. 2021. Dinosaur fossil records from India and their palaeobiogeographic implications: an overview. Journal of Palaeosciences 70:193-212 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
78405 | S. Kumar, M. P. Singh, and D. M. Mohabey. 1999. Lameta and Bagh Beds, Central India. Field Guide 1-48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
17406 | ETE | R. S. Loyal, D. M. Mohabey, A. Khosla and A. Sahni. 2000. Status and palaeobiology of the Late Cretaceous Indian theropods with description of a new theropod eggshell oogenus and oospecies, Ellipsoolithus khedaensis, from the Lameta Formation, District Kheda, Gujarat, Western India . Gaia 15:379-387 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Uhen] |
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] |
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] | |
85566 | S. C. Pant, U. B. Mathur, S. Srivastava and A. K. Shali. 1988. Synopsis of the work done on the dinosaurian remains of Kheda District, Gujarat, India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 114(7-8):53-67 [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] | |
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] |
59214 | 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] |