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Takli, Nagpur District, Nagpur Division, Maharashtra, India

Lat/Long (Decimal)	21.15,79.1
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	Maharashtra, India
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Nagpur District, Nagpur Division, Maharashtra, India

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Nagpur eggshell site	Rana R. S. (1990)	Takli	Deccan Intertrappean beds	claystone	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Takli, Nagpur	Sahni A., Bajpai S. (1988)	Takli		not reported	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Limnaea sp. genus	*Limnaea*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostracoda class	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Palaeolabrus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Amiiformes : Palaeolabridae : *Palaeolabrus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Clupeidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Clupeiformes : Clupeidae	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepisosteus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae : *Lepisosteus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lepidotes sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : *Lepidotes*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Belonostomus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Aspidorhynchidae : *Belonostomus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sphyraena sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Sphyraenidae : *Sphyraena*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pycnodus lametae species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Pycnodontidae : Pycnodus : *Pycnodus lametae*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Enchodus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Salmoniformes : Enchodontidae : *Enchodus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Enchodus ferox species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Salmoniformes : Enchodontidae : Enchodus : *Enchodus ferox*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostracion sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Tetraodontiformes : Ostraciidae : *Ostracion*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stephanodus lybicus species	Trigonodontidae : Stephanodus : *Stephanodus lybicus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Apateodus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : *Apateodus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dasyatis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : *Dasyatis*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Igdabatis sigmodon species	Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Myliobatiformes : Myliobatidae : Igdabatis : *Igdabatis sigmodon*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Symmetrodonta infraclass	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Symmetrodonta	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pelobatidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Pelobatidae	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crocodylus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : *Crocodylus*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scincomorpha infraorder	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Scincomorpha	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anguidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Anguidae	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Boidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Boidae	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pelomedusidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pelomedusidae	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Coelurosauria suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Coelurosauria	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Coeluridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Coeluridae	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Megalosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Megalosauridae	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Saurischia unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Theropoda unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Titanosauridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Titanosauridae	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bivalvia class	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paludina sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Hydrobiidae : *Paludina*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Physa sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Physidae : *Physa*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Valvata sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Valvatidae : *Valvata*	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Charophyta phylum	Plantae : Charophyta	72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Sahni A., Rana R. S., et al (1987) New evidence for paleobiogeographic intercontinental Gondwana relationships based on latest Cretaceous-earliest Paleocene coastal faunas from peninsular India, In G. D. McKenzie (ed.), Gondwana 6: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleontology. Geophysical Monograph 41, 207-218

Sahni A., Bajpai S. (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

Jain S. L. (1989) Recent dinosaur discoveries in India, including eggshells, nests and coprolites, Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, 99-108

Rana R. S. (1990) Palaeontology and palaeoecology of the Intertrappean (Cretaceous-Tertiary transition) beds of the peninsular India, Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 35, 105-120

Sahni A., Tandon S. K., et al (1994) Upper Cretaceous dinosaur eggs and nesting sites from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary province of peninsular India, Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, 204-226

Carrano M. T., Benson R. B. J., et al (2012) The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 2, 211-300 doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.630927

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