Paikasigudem village: Toarcian - Aalenian, India
collected 1997–2013

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
? Polyacrodus sp. Jaekel 1889
Prasad and Manhas 2007
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion indicus Yadagiri 1986
Yadagiri 1986 1 element
GSI.TI.2, tooth
Amphibia - Anura
Pelobatidae indet. Lataste 1879
Yadagiri 1986 2 specimens
GSI.TI.19, 20
    = Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813
Prasad and Manhas 2007
Sirenidae indet. Gray 1825
Yadagiri 1986 3 specimens
GSI.TI.10, 16, 17
    = Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813
Prasad and Manhas 2007
Morganucodonta - Morganucodontidae
Kotatherium yadagirii n. sp. Prasad and Manhas 1997
Prasad and Manhas 1997 1 specimen
recombined as Paikasigudodon yadagirii
VPL/JU/KM/10 holotype right upper molar
Indotherium pranhitai n. gen., n. sp. Yadagiri 1984
Yadagiri 1984 2 specimens
GSI type No. SR/PAL/11 (holotype), left upper molar. VPL/JU/KM/11, right upper molar
Mammalia - Triconodonta
Triconodonta indet. Osborn 1888
Prasad and Manhas 2002 1 specimen
VPL/JU/KM/15, fragmentary lower left molar
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eobaataridae
Indobaatar zofiae n. gen., n. sp. Parmar et al. 2013
Parmar et al. 2013 1 specimen
VPL/JU/KM/20, an isolated left upper premolar (P4)
Mammalia - Symmetrodonta
Trishulotherium kotaensis n. gen., n. sp. Yadagiri 1984
Yadagiri 1984 1 specimen
GSI type No. SR/PAL/10 (holotype), left lower molar
Mammalia - Symmetrodonta - Amphidontidae
Nakunodon paikasiensis n. gen., n. sp. Yadagiri 1985
Yadagiri 1985 1 specimen
holotype, right upper molar only; G.S.I. Type No. SR/PAL/12
Mammalia - Groeberida - Nototheriidae
Dyskritodon indicus n. sp. Prasad and Manhas 2002
Prasad and Manhas 2002 1 specimen
VPL/JU/KM/13, holotype lower left molar
Docodonta - Docodontidae
Gondtherium dattai n. gen., n. sp. Prasad and Manhas 2007
Prasad and Manhas 2007 2 specimens
VPL/JU/KM 12 plus right lower molar (now lost)
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Evans et al. 2002 2 specimens
VPL/JU/KR 61, 62
Reptilia
Paikasisaurus indicus n. gen., n. sp. Yadagiri 1986
Yadagiri 1986 2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Squamata
GSI.TI.14, 15
Bharatagama rebbanensis n. gen., n. sp. Evans et al. 2002
Evans et al. 2002 86 specimens
VPL/JU/KR 66 (holotype), dentary, plus referred specimens
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Prasad and Manhas 2007
Reptilia
Ornithischia indet. Seeley 1888
Prasad and Manhas 2007 5 specimens
DUGF/J1-4, 12, teeth
    = Ornithischia informal indet. 1 Seeley 1888
Prasad and Parmar 2020
Ornithischia informal indet. 2 (Seeley 1888)
Prasad and Parmar 2020 1 specimen
morphotype 2; DUGF/J17, tooth
Ornithischia informal indet. 3 (Seeley 1888)
Prasad and Parmar 2020 10 specimens
morphotype 3; DUGF/J5-11, teeth
Ornithischia informal indet. 4 (Seeley 1888)
Prasad and Parmar 2020 1 specimen
morphotype 4; DUGF/J16, tooth
Ornithischia informal indet. 5 (Seeley 1888)
Prasad and Parmar 2020 3 specimens
morphotype 5; DUGF/J13-15, teeth
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Prasad and Manhas 2007 2 specimens
DUGF/J/40-41, tooth fragments
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae informal indet. 1 Colbert and Russell 1969
Prasad and Parmar 2020 7 specimens
morphotype 1; DUGF/J19-25, teeth
Dromaeosauridae informal indet. 2 Colbert and Russell 1969
Prasad and Parmar 2020 7 specimens
morphotype 2; DUGF/J/27-30, 32-34, teeth
Dromaeosauridae informal indet. 3 Colbert and Russell 1969
Prasad and Parmar 2020 1 specimen
morphotype 3; DUGF/J26, tooth
Dromaeosauridae informal indet. 4 Colbert and Russell 1969
Prasad and Parmar 2020 1 specimen
morphotype 4; DUGF/J36, tooth
Dromaeosauridae informal indet. 5 Colbert and Russell 1969
Prasad and Parmar 2020 6 specimens
morphotype 5; DUGF/J43-48, teeth
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Prasad and Parmar 2020 26 specimens
"Richardoestesia-like" but assigned to Dromaeosauridae; DUGF/J39, 49–69, 70-73, teeth
Reptilia
Lepidosauromorpha indet. (Benton 1983)
Evans et al. 2001 4 specimens
VPLJJU/KR57-60
Rebbanasaurus jaini n. gen., n. sp. Evans et al. 2001
Evans et al. 2001 50 specimens
VPL/JU/KR 12 (holotype), plus around 50 referred specimens
Godavarisaurus lateefi n. gen., n. sp. Evans et al. 2001
Evans et al. 2001 16 specimens
VPL/JU/KR47 (holotype), VPL/JU/KR37-46, 48-52, 65
Reptilia - Sphenodontidae
Sphenodontidae indet. Cope 1871
Yadagiri 1986 6 specimens
GSI.TI.8-12, 17
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes
Semionotiformes indet. Arambourg and Bertin 1958
Prasad and Manhas 2007
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Prasad and Manhas 2007
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:Andhra Pradesh County:Adilabad
Coordinates: 19.3° North, 79.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.0° South, 32.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Toarcian - Aalenian
Age range of interval:182.70000 - 170.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Gondwana Formation:Kota Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: "On the basis of fishes, the Kota Formation has long been considered to be of Liassic age (King 1881; Robinson 1970). However, several workers noticed the similarity of Kota fishes with the European Toarcian fishes (Schaeffer and Patterson 1984). Patterson and Owen (1991) suggested that the major marine transgression during the Toarcian might have been instrumental for the invasion of the European Liassic fishes in the circumtethyean continents including parts of Indian subcontinent. Recovery of Darwinula, an early Middle Jurassic ostracod, led Govindan (1975) to suggest a Middle Jurassic age for the Kota Formation. Analysing the faunas of the underlying Dharmaram Formation and of the lower and upper units of the Kota Formation and comparing them with faunas from coeval horizons, Bandyopadhyay and Roychowdhury (1996) and Bandyopadhyay and Sengupta (2006) suggested that the Lower Kota Formation has an age ranging from Sinemurian to Pliensbachian, while the age of the upper Kota is Toarcian and may even be extended to Middle Jurassic (?Aalenian)." (Bandyopadhyay et al. 2010)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:nodular,gray,green siltstone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a 27 cm thick greenish-grey nodular siltstone"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Rock censused:7000 kg
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:1997–2013
Collection method comments: Deposited in the Regional Palaeontological Laboratories, G.S.I. Hyderabad, India and VPL/JU Vertebrate Palaeontology Laboratory, Jammu University
Metadata
Also known as:Chitarampalli; 6 km east of Asafabad Railway Station, Paikasiudem
Database number:39673
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Butler, R. Benson Enterer:M. Carrano, R. Butler, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-06-02 12:07:40 Last modified:2022-07-26 13:48:11
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-02 12:07:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25318.ETE T. S. Kutty. 1969. Some contributions to the stratigraphy of the Upper Gondwana formations of the Pranhita-Godavari Valley, central India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 10:33-48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

32704ETE S. Bandyopadhyay, D. D. Gillette, S. Ray and D. P. Sengupta. 2010. Osteology of Barapasaurus tagorei (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Jurassic of India. Palaeontology 53(3):533-569 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Butler]
43787 S. E. Evans, G. V. R. Prasad, and B. K. Manhas. 2001. Rhynchocephalians (Diapsida: Lepidosauria) from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133:309-334 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]
25719ETE S. E. Evans, G. V. R. Prasad, and B. K. Manhas. 2002. Fossil lizards from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):299-312 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Butler]
46673 V. Parmar, G. V. R. Prasad, and D. Kumar. 2013. The first multituberculate mammal from India. Naturwissenschaften [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]
42359 G. V. R. Prasad and B. K. Manhas. 1997. A new symmetrodont mammal from the Lower Jurassic Kota Formation, Pranhita-Godavari Valley, India. Geobios 30(4):563-572 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]
44650 G. V. R. Prasad and B. K. Manhas. 2001. First docodont mammals of Laurasian affinity from India. Current Science 81(9):1235-1238 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant]
42360 G. V. R. Prasad and B. K. Manhas. 2002. Triconodont mammals from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Geodiversitas 24(2):445-464 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
25145ETE G. V. R. Prasad and B. K. Manhas. 2007. A new docodont mammal from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India. Palaeontologia Electronica 10(2):7A-1-7A-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82274 G. V. R. Prasad and V. Parmar. 2020. First ornithischian and theropod dinosaur teeth from the Middle Jurassic Kota Formation of India: paleobiogeographic relationships. In G. V. R. Prasad & R. Patnaik (ed.), Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics: New Perspectives on Post-Gondwana Break-up—A Tribute to Ashok Sahni 1-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
43788 P. Yadagiri. 1984. New smmetrodonts from Kota Formation (Early Jurassic), India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 25(8):514-521 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
42362 P. Yadagiri. 1985. An amphidontid symmetrodont from the Early Jurassic Kota Formation, India. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 85:411-417 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
10743ETE P. M. Yadagiri. 1986. Lower Jurassic lower vertebrates from Kota Formation, Pranhita-Godavari Valley, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 31:89-962 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]