Takli Formation

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Takli Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone, siltstone, marl
Location
Coordinates21°12′N 79°06′E / 21.2°N 79.1°E / 21.2; 79.1
Approximate paleocoordinates26°12′S 61°30′E / 26.2°S 61.5°E / -26.2; 61.5
RegionMaharashtra, Gujarat
CountryIndia
Type section
Named forTákli Plain
Takli Formation is located in India
Takli Formation
Takli Formation (India)

The Takli Formation is a Maastrichtian geologic formation in India.[1] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]

Paleobiota

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Dinosaurs

Sauropods
Sauropods from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Fusioolithus F. baghensis eggshell fragments Maharashtra Maastrichtian Sauropod Eggs.
Sauropoda[3][4] Indeterminate tooth Gujarat Maastrichtian A Sauropod.
Titanosauridae Indeterminate teeth Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Titanosaur.
Theropods
Theropods from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
?Coelurosauria[4] Indeterminate teeth Maharashtra Maastrichtian Coelurosauria was a common wastebasket taxon.
?Megalosauridae Indeterminate teeth Maharashtra Maastrichtian Megalosauridae was a common wastebasket taxon.
Massospondylus[5][6] M. rawesi Tooth Maharashtra Maastrichtian Previously thought to be a Massospondylus now known to be an indeterminate abelisaurid.[7]
Theropoda[3] Indeterminate Teeth. Gujarat Maastrichtian An indeterminate theropod.

Other Archosaurs

Other Archosaurs from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Archosauria[4] Indeterminate teeth Maharashtra Maastrichtian Either a saurischian or a crocodillan.
Crocodyliformes[8] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Crocodyliform.

Lepidosaurs

Lepidosaurs from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Gekkonidae[9] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Gecko.
Boidae[10][11] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snake.
Scincomorpha[10][11] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Scincomorph.
?Contogenys[9] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Globaurid.
Anguidae[12] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Anguid.
Litakis[9] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Platynota.
Exostinus E. estesi[9]

E. estesai

Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Xenosaurid.
Pristiguana P. sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Iguanid.
Iguanidae[9] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian An iguanid.

Amphibians

Amphibians from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Anura[13] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Frog.
Pelobatidae[11] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Spadefoot Toad.

Fish

Fishes from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Pycnodus P. lametae

P. bicresta[14]

Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Pycnodontid Fish.
Belonostomus[10] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Aspidorhynchid Fish.
Sphyraena[12] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Barracuda.
Enchodus E. ferox[12]

sp.[10]

Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Enchodontid Fish.
Clupeidae[12] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Clupeid Fish.
Apateodus[14] A. striatus Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Ichthyotringid Fish.
Stephanodus[14] S. lybicus Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Eotrigonodontid Fish.
Ostracion[12] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Ostraciid Fish.
Palaeolabrus[14] P. dormaalensis Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Palaeolabrid Fish.
Lepisosteus[12] L. indicus Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Gar.
Lepidotes[10] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A possible late surviving lepidotid.
Dasyatis[10] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Whiptail stingray.
Igdabatis I. sigmodon Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Eagle ray.
Osteoglossum O. deccanensis Maharashtra Maastrichtian A osteoglossid Fish.
Osteichthyes[13] Indeterminate Ganoid and Cycloid scales Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Bony fish.

Mammals

Mammals from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Symmetrodonta[12] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Allotherian Mammal.

Molluscas

Molluscas from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Bivalvia Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Clam.
Limnaea sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snail.
Valvata sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snail.
Paludina sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snail.
Physa P. prinsepii Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snail.

Crustaceans

Crustaceans from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Ostracoda[15] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Ostracod.

Turtles

Turtles from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Pelomedusidae[12] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Pelomedusid Turtle.
Testudinata Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Turtle.

Insects

Insects from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
?Buprestidae[16] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Jewel beetle.
Lomatus[16][17] L. hislopi Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Jewel beetle.
?Curculionidae Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snout beetle.
Meristos[16] M. hunteri Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snout beetle.
Palaeotanymecides[16] P. hislopi Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snout beetle.

Flora

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tákli Plain, northwest of Nagpur at Fossilworks.org
  2. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 A. Sahni and S. Bajpai. 1988. Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary events: the fossil vertebrate, palaeomagnetic and radiometric evidence from Peninsualr India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 32(5):382-395
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Vianey-Liaud, Monique; Jain, Sohan L.; Sahni, Ashok (1988-01-22). "Dinosaur eggshells (Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous Intertrappean and Lameta formations (Deccan, India)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 7 (4): 408–424. Bibcode:1988JVPal...7..408V. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011673. ISSN 0272-4634.
  5. ↑ R. Lydekker. 1890. Note on certain vertebrate remains from the Nagpur district. Records of the Geological Survey of India 23(1):21-24
  6. ↑ Weishampel, David B. (1990). "Dinosaur distribution". In David B. Weishampel; Peter Dodson; Halszka Osmólska (eds.). The Dinosauria (1st ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 63–139. ISBN 978-0-520-06727-1.
  7. ↑ Hendrickx, C.; Soto Núñez, M.; Araújo, R.; Meso, J. G.; Maganuco, S.; Ben-Salahuddin, A. (2025). "Isolated abelisaurid teeth from Gondwana and dental evolution in Abelisauridae". Ameghiniana. doi:10.5710/AMGH.17.09.2025.3654.
  8. ↑ Rio, Jonathan P.; Mannion, Philip D. (2021-09-06). "Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem". PeerJ. 9 e12094. Bibcode:2021PeerJ...912094R. doi:10.7717/peerj.12094. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8428266. PMID 34567843.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Kapur, Vivesh V.; Khosla, Ashu (2018-12-03). "Faunal elements from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary sequences of India: A reappraisal of biostratigraphic, palaeoecologic, and palaeobiogeographic aspects". Geological Journal. 54 (5): 2797–2828. doi:10.1002/gj.3379. ISSN 0072-1050.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 S. L. Jain. 1989. Recent dinosaur discoveries in India, including eggshells, nests and coprolites. In D. D. Gillette & M. G. Lockley (ed.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces 99-108
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Rage, Jean-Claude; Prasad, Guntupalli V. R.; Verma, Omkar; Khosla, Ashu; Parmar, Varun (2020), Prasad, Guntupalli V.R.; Patnaik, Rajeev (eds.), "Anuran Lissamphibian and Squamate Reptiles from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Deccan Intertrappean Sites in Central India, with a Review of Lissamphibian and Squamate Diversity in the Northward Drifting Indian Plate", Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics: New Perspectives on Post-Gondwana Break-up–A Tribute to Ashok Sahni, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 99–121, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_6, ISBN 978-3-030-49753-8, retrieved 2024-08-18{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 "Palaeontology and palaeoecology of the intertrappean (Cretaceous-Tertiary transition) beds of the peninsular India" (PDF). palaeontologicalsociety.in.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 S. Hislop. 1861. Remarks on the geology of Nágpur. Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 6:194-204
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "Vertebrate Fauna From the Infra- and Inter-trappean Beds of Andhra Pradesh: Age Implications".
  15. ↑ "New Evidence for Paleobiogeographic Intercontinental Gondwana Relationships Based on Late Cretaceous-Earliest Paleocene Coastal Faunas from Peninsular India".
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 A. Murray. 1860. Notes on some fossil insects from Nagpur. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16:182-186
  17. ↑ Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Fossil Buprestidae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.

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