Lavariya Muwada, Kheda: Maastrichtian, India
collected by S. Srivastava

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Elongatoolithidae
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Srivastava et al. 1986 60 specimens
Kheda type B
    = Ellipsoolithus khedaensis n. gen., n. sp. Mohabey 1998
Mohabey 1998
Trachoolithus n. gen. sp. Mikhailov 1994
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:

14221ETE 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]
17406ETE 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]
17741ETE 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]
19788ETE 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]
18863ETE 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]