ammonites
Pavna nest site (Cretaceous of India)

Where: Maharashtra, India (20.3° N, 79.1° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° S, 61.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• 2 stratigraphic levels

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; concretionary, calcareous sandstone and claystone

• nests found in upper calcretized part of sandstone, which rests on lacustrine clays

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. M. Mohabey. 1996. A new oospecies, Megaloolithus matleyi, from the Lameta Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, India, and general remarks on the palaeoenvironment and nesting behaviour of dinosaurs. Cretaceous Research 17:183-196 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49659: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 22.04.2005