Deoli: Induan - Smithian, India
collected by Tween, Blanford 1860

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Labyrinthodon panchetensis n. sp. Tripathi 1969
Tripathi 1969 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Stereospondyli
GSI 17886
Gonioglyptus huxleyi n. sp. Lydekker 1882
Tripathi 1969 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Trematosauroidea
GSI 4297
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae
Panchetosaurus panchetensis n. gen., n. sp. Tripathi 1969
Tripathi 1969 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Lonchorhynchinae
GSI 17878
Glyptognathus fragilis n. gen., n. sp. Lydekker 1882
Huxley 1865 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Lonchorhynchinae
GSI 4290
Gonioglyptus longirostris n. gen., n. sp. Huxley 1865
Huxley 1865 3 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Lonchorhynchinae
GSI 2135, partial skull (holotype). GSI 2136, fragmentary jaw ramus. GSI 17873, mandible
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Indolyrocephalus panchetensis n. gen., n. sp. Tripathi 1969
Tripathi 1969 2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Trematosauroidea
GSI 17879, mandible (holotype). GSI 17883
Pachygonia incurvata n. gen., n. sp. Huxley 1865
Huxley 1865 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Stereospondyli
GSI 2257, mandible
Indobrachyops panchetensis Huene and Sahni 1958
Tripathi 1969 1 specimen
GSI 2189
Anomodontia - Lystrosauridae
Dicynodon orientalis n. sp. Huxley 1865
Huxley 1865
synonym of Lystrosaurus murrayi
Maxilla, mandible, partial skull roof, teeth, postcranial remains
Reptilia
Ankistrodon indicus n. gen., n. sp. Huxley 1865
Huxley 1865
nomen dubium belonging to Crocopoda
Partial mandible, vertebrae originally referred to Dicynodon
Teratosaurus bengalensis n. sp. Das-Gupta 1928
Das-Gupta 1928
see common names

Geography
Country:India State/province:West Bengal
Coordinates: 23.6° North, 86.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.4° South, 60.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Induan - Smithian
Age range of interval:252.17000 - 247.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Panchet
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
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: conglomeratic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Tween, Blanford Collection dates:1860
Metadata
Database number:117188
Authorizer:R. Butler, A. Dunhill Enterer:R. Butler, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-09-17 05:29:42 Last modified:2017-09-18 13:56:13
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-17 05:29:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37677. W. T. Blanford. 1865. On the manner of occurrence of the reptilian remains found in the Panchet beds of the Raniganj coal-field, and on the probable conditions existing at the time when these rocks were deposited. Palaeontologia Indica 4:i-iii [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

10723 H. C. Das-Gupta. 1928. Batrachian and reptilian remains found in the Panchet Beds at Deoli, Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, New Series 14(13):473-479 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
37678 T. H. Huxley. 1865. On a collection of vertebrate fossils from the Panchet rocks, Ranigunj, Bengal. Palaeontologia Indica 4:1-24 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
28828 R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2000. Stereospondyli. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B:1-203 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]
57226 C. Tripathi. 1969. Fossil labyrinthodonts from the Panchet Series of the Indian Gondwanas. Palaeontologia Indica, new series 38:1-45 [R. Butler/R. Butler]