Where: Gujarat, India (23.1° N, 73.3° E: paleocoordinates 20.9° S, 57.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lameta Formation, Maastrichtian (70.6 - 65.5 Ma)
• "infratrappean" sediments of the Lameta Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: crevasse splay; calcareous, cherty/siliceous conglomerate and sandy, calcareous sandstone
•"A conglomeratic formation with a siliceous or calcareous matrix forming the lower part grading successively into gritty, siliceous or calcareous types." (Dwivedi et al., 1985)
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1982-1984
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• "There are probably additional bones beyond the edge of the current map, which shows only those portions excavated from 1982 through 1984."
Primary reference: G. N. Dwivedi, D. M. Mohabey, and S. Bandyopadhyay. 1985. On the discovery of vertebrate fossils from infratrappean Lameta Beds, Kheda district, Gujarat. M. S. Srinivasan, R. K. Lal, and V. K. Gairola (eds.), Proceedings of the IV Indian Geological Congress (1982), Current Trends in Geology 7:79-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34725: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 17.09.2003