ammonites
Dholidhanti (Cretaceous of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.0° N, 74.2° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° S, 58.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone

• "calcretized sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: A. Sahni, S. K. Tandon, A. Jolly, S. Bajpai, A. Sood and S. Srinivasan. 1994. Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggs and nesting sites from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary province of peninsular India. In K. Carpenter, K. F. Hirsch, and J. R. Horner (eds.), Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 204-226 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61581: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 20.06.2006