ammonites
Silondi, Jabalpur (Cretaceous of India)

Where: Madhya Pradesh, India (23.3° N, 80.4° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 64.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lameta Formation, Maastrichtian (70.6 - 65.5 Ma)

• "Upper Sands"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone

• "Sands, clean, with rare seams of clayey sand 40 to 50 feet."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. A. Matley in 1919

Primary reference: C. A. Matley. 1921. On the stratigraphy, fossils and geological relationships of the Lameta beds of Jubbulpore. Records of the Geological Survey of India 53(2):142-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 24879: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 21.08.2002

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