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Rampura, Madhya Pradesh, India
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 22.28,74.78 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Madhya Pradesh, India |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Rampura, near Bagh Caves | Gangopadhyay T. K., Halder K. (1996) | Bagh - Nodular Limestone | Specimen from topmost subunit of the Nodular Limestone formation. Biostratigraphy is imprecise but presence of Placenticeras kaffrarium indicates a Coniacian age. Inoceramids like Inoceramus lamarcki var. cuvieri and I. lobatus further indicate a Senonian age. | "limestone" | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Eutrephoceras sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Eutrephoceras | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Gangopadhyay T. K., Halder K. (1996) Significance of the first record of nautiloid from the Upper Cretaceous Bagh Group of rocks, Current Science 70, 462-465 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!