ammonites

Sirol-khal: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, India
collected 1944

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:India State/province:Rajasthan
Coordinates: 25.2° North, 75.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.1° South, 60.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:70.6 - 65.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Intertrappean
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:1944
Metadata
Database number:92217
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-03 07:15:42 Last modified:2009-11-03 07:15:42
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-03 07:15:42
Reference information
Primary reference:
31054 V. S. Dubey and K. Narain. 1946. A note on the occurrence of Pterosauria in India. Current Science 15:287-288 [R. Butler/R. Butler]