ammonites
Umrer mines, Nand region (Cretaceous of India)

Also known as Umred

Where: Maharashtra, India (20.9° N, 79.3° E: paleocoordinates 25.3° S, 62.0° 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: coarse channel fill; calcareous sandstone

• "sandy calcretes and channel-related sandstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. M. Mohabey. 2001. Indian dinosaur eggs: a review. Journal of the Geological Society of India 58(6):479-508 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68627: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 31.01.2007