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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[edit | edit source]
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Dinosaurs[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
Mammals[edit | edit source]
| Mammals from the Takli Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
| Symmetrodonta[12] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Allotherian Mammal. | ||
Molluscas[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
| Crustaceans from the Takli Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
| Ostracoda[15] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Ostracod. | ||
Turtles[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Tákli Plain, northwest of Nagpur at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 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.
- ↑ R. Lydekker. 1890. Note on certain vertebrate remains from the Nagpur district. Records of the Geological Survey of India 23(1):21-24
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 9.0 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.
- ↑ 10.0 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
- ↑ 11.0 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) - ↑ 12.0 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.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 S. Hislop. 1861. Remarks on the geology of Nágpur. Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 6:194-204
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "Vertebrate Fauna From the Infra- and Inter-trappean Beds of Andhra Pradesh: Age Implications".
- ↑ "New Evidence for Paleobiogeographic Intercontinental Gondwana Relationships Based on Late Cretaceous-Earliest Paleocene Coastal Faunas from Peninsular India".
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Fossil Buprestidae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. Retrieved 2019-02-21.