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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Geologic formation in India}}<br />
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| name = Mahadek Formation<br />
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| type = [[Geological formation]]<br />
| age = [[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|Maastrichtian}}<br />
| period = Maastrichtian<br />
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| region = [[Meghalaya]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = [[25.3° N, 91.3° E]]<br />
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The '''Mahadek Formation''' is a [[Mesozoic]] geologic [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[India]]. [[Dinosaur]] remains are among the [[Fossil|fossils]] that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific [[genus]].<ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref> Additionally, teeth similar to [[Elasmobranchii|elasmobranch]], as well as teeth and post cranial material of a [[reptile]], identified as a [[mosasaur]], are known from Krem Puri Caves rocks, which are also a part of this formation.<ref name="6:">{{cite journal |last1=Sauro |first1=Francesco |last2=Mecchia |first2=Marco |last3=Tringham |first3=Mark |last4=Arbenz |first4=Thomas |last5=Columbu |first5=Andrea |last6=Carbone |first6=Cristina |last7=Pisani |first7=Luca |last8=Waele |first8=Jo De |title=Speleogenesis of the world's longest cave in hybrid arenites (Krem Puri, Meghalaya, India) |journal=Geomorphology |volume=359 |issue=6 |date=2020-06-15 |doi=10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107160 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-20 |title=Meghalaya: At over 24,000 metres in length, world’s longest sandstone cave found |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/at-over-24-000-metres-in-length-world-s-longest-sandstone-cave-found-in-meghalaya/story-trgDuRkbXtjvWhWhMGg7OO.html |access-date=2025-12-21 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations]]<br />
** [[List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils]]<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.&nbsp;{{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.<br />
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[[Category:Geologic formations of India]]<br />
[[Category:Maastrichtian Stage]]<br />
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