Takli Formation

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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

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Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

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 thought to have been an indeterminate Theropod.[7][8]
Theropoda[9] 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[10] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Crocodyliform.

Lepidosaurs

Lepidosaurs from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Gekkonidae[11] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Gecko.
Boidae[12][13] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snake.
Scincomorpha[12][13] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Scincomorph.
?Contogenys[11] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Globaurid.
Anguidae[14] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Anguid.
Litakis[11] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Platynota.
Exostinus E. estesi[11]

E. estesai

Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Xenosaurid.
Pristiguana P. sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Iguanid.
Iguanidae[11] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian An iguanid.

Amphibians

Amphibians from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Anura[15] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Frog.
Pelobatidae[13] 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[16]

Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Pycnodontid Fish.
Belonostomus[12] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Aspidorhynchid Fish.
Sphyraena[14] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Barracuda.
Enchodus E. ferox[14]

sp.[12]

Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Enchodontid Fish.
Clupeidae[14] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Clupeid Fish.
Apateodus[16] A. striatus Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Ichthyotringid Fish.
Stephanodus[16] S. lybicus Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Eotrigonodontid Fish.
Ostracion[14] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Ostraciid Fish.
Palaeolabrus[16] P. dormaalensis Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Palaeolabrid Fish.
Lepisosteus[14] L. indicus Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Gar.
Lepidotes[12] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A possible late surviving lepidotid.
Dasyatis[12] sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Whiptail stingray.
Igdabatis I. sigmodon Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Eagle ray.
Osteoglossum O. deccanensis Maharashtra Maastrichtian A osteoglossid Fish.
Osteichthyes[15] 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[14] 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[17] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Ostracod.

Turtles

Turtles from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Pelomedusidae[14] 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[18] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Jewel beetle.
Lomatus[18][19] L. hislopi Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Jewel beetle.
?Curculionidae Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snout beetle.
Meristos[18] M. hunteri Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snout beetle.
Palaeotanymecides[18] P. hislopi Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Snout beetle.

Flora

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Tákli Plain, northwest of Nagpur at Fossilworks.org
  2. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. ↑ 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
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  5. ↑ R. Lydekker. 1890. Note on certain vertebrate remains from the Nagpur district. Records of the Geological Survey of India 23(1):21-24
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  7. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230808666_The_history_of_dinosaur_collecting_in_Central_India_1828-1947
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  9. ↑ 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
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  14. ↑ a b c d e f g h http://palaeontologicalsociety.in/vol35/v11.pdf
  15. ↑ a b S. Hislop. 1861. Remarks on the geology of Nágpur. Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 6:194-204
  16. ↑ a b c d https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282319217_Vertebrate_fauna_from_the_infra-_and_inter-trappean_beds_of_Andhra_Pradesh_age_implications
  17. ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258963754_New_Evidence_for_Paleobiogeographic_Intercontinental_Gondwana_Relationships_Based_on_Late_Cretaceous-Earliest_Paleocene_Coastal_Faunas_from_Peninsular_India
  18. ↑ a b c d A. Murray. 1860. Notes on some fossil insects from Nagpur. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16:182-186
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