Nimar Sandstone Formation

Nimar Sandstone Formation
Nimar Sandstone Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, Template:Fossilrange
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	N/A
Overlies	N/A
Location
Coordinates	22.4° N, 74.8° E
Region	Madhya Pradesh
Country	India
	Nimar Sandstone Formation (India)

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Nimar Sandstone Formation is a geological formation from the Cenomanian of India.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Paleobiota

Dinosaurs

Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Photos
Titanosauria^[4]	Indeterminate	Partial Skeleton Including a femur, humerus, radius, ulna and numerous fragmentary bones belonging at least to two individuals	A new titanosaur species, possibly ancestral to the titanosaurs known from abundant remains from the Lameta Formation of peninsular India.
Dinosauria^[4]	Indeterminate	"Fragmentary pieces of bones"	Too poorly preserved to identify.

Fishes

Genus	Species	Material	Notes
Coelodus	C. malwaensis
Onchopristis	O. indicus

Mollusca

Genus	Species	Material	Notes
Ostreidae	Indeterminate

References

↑ Omnath Saha; Uma Kant Shukla (November 2016). "Depositional environment of Nimar Sandstone of Cretaceous Bagh Group, Dhar District, M.P., India". 33rd Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists.
↑ Bhattacharya, Biplab; Jha, Suparna; Mondal, Prantik (December 2020). "Palaeogeographic reconstruction of a fluvio-marine transitional system in Narmada rift basin, India — Implications on Late Cretaceous global sea-level rise". Journal of Palaeogeography. 9 (1): 30. Bibcode:2020JPalG...9...30B. doi:10.1186/s42501-020-00078-6. ISSN 2524-4507.
↑ Akhtar, K.; Ahmad, A. H. M. (1 April 1991). "Single-cycle cratonic quartzarenites produced by tropical weathering: the Nimar sandstone (Lower Cretaceous), Narmada basin, India". Sedimentary Geology. 71 (1): 23–32. Bibcode:1991SedG...71...23A. doi:10.1016/0037-0738(91)90004-W. ISSN 0037-0738.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Khosla, Ashu; Kapur, Vivesh V.; Sereno, Paul C.; Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Wilson, Gregory P.; Dutheil, Didier; Sahni, Ashok; Singh, Mahendra Pal; Kumar, Surendra; Rana, Rajendra Singh (December 2003). "First dinosaur remains from the Cenomanian-Turonian Nimar Sandstone (Bagh Beds), District Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India". Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. 48 (1): 115-127. doi:10.1177/0971102320030108. ISSN 0552-9603.

[1] Omnath Saha; Uma Kant Shukla (November 2016). "Depositional environment of Nimar Sandstone of Cretaceous Bagh Group, Dhar District, M.P., India". 33rd Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists.

[2] Bhattacharya, Biplab; Jha, Suparna; Mondal, Prantik (December 2020). "Palaeogeographic reconstruction of a fluvio-marine transitional system in Narmada rift basin, India — Implications on Late Cretaceous global sea-level rise". Journal of Palaeogeography. 9 (1): 30. Bibcode:2020JPalG...9...30B. doi:10.1186/s42501-020-00078-6. ISSN 2524-4507.

[3] Akhtar, K.; Ahmad, A. H. M. (1 April 1991). "Single-cycle cratonic quartzarenites produced by tropical weathering: the Nimar sandstone (Lower Cretaceous), Narmada basin, India". Sedimentary Geology. 71 (1): 23–32. Bibcode:1991SedG...71...23A. doi:10.1016/0037-0738(91)90004-W. ISSN 0037-0738.

[:0-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Khosla, Ashu; Kapur, Vivesh V.; Sereno, Paul C.; Wilson, Jeffrey A.; Wilson, Gregory P.; Dutheil, Didier; Sahni, Ashok; Singh, Mahendra Pal; Kumar, Surendra; Rana, Rajendra Singh (December 2003). "First dinosaur remains from the Cenomanian-Turonian Nimar Sandstone (Bagh Beds), District Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India". Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India. 48 (1): 115-127. doi:10.1177/0971102320030108. ISSN 0552-9603.

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