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The '''Takli Formation''' is a [[Maastrichtian]] geologic [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[India]].<ref>[http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=119660 Tákli Plain, northwest of Nagpur] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref> [[Dinosaur]] remains diagnostic to the [[genus]] level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref>
The '''Takli Formation''' is a [[Maastrichtian]] geologic [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in [[India]].<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=119660 Tákli Plain, northwest of Nagpur] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref> [[Dinosaur]] remains diagnostic to the [[genus]] level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="dinosaurdistribution">Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.</ref>


== Paleofauna ==
== Paleobiota ==
{{Paleobiota-key-compact}}
{{Paleobiota-key-compact}}
=== Dinosaurs ===
=== Dinosaurs ===
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{| class="wikitable" align="center"
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
|-
! colspan="6" align="center" | '''[[Sauropod]]s from the Takli Formation'''
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Sauropod]]s from the Takli Formation'''
|-
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
|-
| [[Fusioolithus]]
|style="background:#E3F5FF;"| ''[[Fusioolithus]]''
| F. baghensis
|style="background:#E3F5FF;"| ''F. baghensis''
| eggshell fragments
|style="background:#E3F5FF;"| eggshell fragments
|style="background:#E3F5FF;"| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
|style="background:#E3F5FF;"| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Sauropoda|Sauropod]] Eggs
|style="background:#E3F5FF;"| [[Sauropoda|Sauropod]] Eggs.
|
|style="background:#E3F5FF;"|
|-
|-
| [[Sauropoda]]<ref>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 </ref><ref name=":2" />
| [[Sauropoda]]
| Indeterminate
| Indeterminate
| tooth
| tooth
| [[Gujarat]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Sauropoda|Sauropod]]
| A [[Sauropoda|Sauropod]].
|
|
|-
|-
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| Indeterminate
| Indeterminate
| teeth
| teeth
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Titanosauridae|Titanosaur]]
| A [[Titanosauridae|Titanosaur]].
|
|
|-
|}
|}
; Theropods
; Theropods
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
|-
! colspan="6" align="center" | '''[[Theropod]]s from the Takli Formation'''
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Theropod]]s from the Takli Formation'''
|-
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
|-
| ?[[Coelurosauria]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Vianey-Liaud |first1=Monique |last2=Jain |first2=Sohan L. |last3=Sahni |first3=Ashok |date=1988-01-22 |title=Dinosaur eggshells (Saurischia) from the Late Cretaceous Intertrappean and Lameta formations (Deccan, India) |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.1988.10011673 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=408–424 |doi=10.1080/02724634.1988.10011673 |bibcode=1988JVPal...7..408V |issn=0272-4634}}</ref>
| ?[[Coelurosauria]]
| Indeterminate
| Indeterminate
| teeth
| teeth
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| Coelurosauria was a common [[wastebasket taxon]].
| A [[Coelurosauria|Coelurosaur]]
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Megalosauridae]]
| ?[[Megalosauridae]]
| Indeterminate
| Indeterminate
| teeth
| teeth
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| Megalosauridae was a common [[wastebasket taxon]].
| A [[Megalosauridae|Megalosaur]]
|
|
|-
|-
|style="background:#f3e9f3;" | ''[[Massospondylus]]''<ref>R. Lydekker. 1890. Note on certain vertebrate remains from the Nagpur district. ''Records of the Geological Survey of India'' '''23(1)''':21-24</ref><ref name=DBW90>{{cite book |last=Weishampel |first=David B. |author-link=David B. Weishampel |chapter=Dinosaur distribution |editor=David B. Weishampel |editor2=Peter Dodson |editor3=Halszka Osmólska|title=The Dinosauria |edition=1st |year=1990 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |isbn=978-0-520-06727-1 |pages=63–139 }}</ref>
| [[Theropoda]]
|style="background:#f3e9f3;" | ''M. rawesi''
| Indeterminate
|style="background:#f3e9f3;" | Tooth
| Tooth
|style="background:#f3e9f3;" | [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
|style="background:#f3e9f3;" | [[Maastrichtian]]
| Previously thought to be [[Massospondylus]] rawesi
|style="background:#f3e9f3;" | Previously thought to be a ''[[Massospondylus]]'' now thought to have been an indeterminate [[Theropoda|Theropod]].<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230808666_The_history_of_dinosaur_collecting_in_Central_India_1828-1947</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Molina-Pérez |first1=Rubén |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/on1051136420 |title=Dinosaur facts and figures: the theropods and other dinosauriformes |last2=Larramendi |first2=Asier |last3=Atuchin |first3=Andrey |last4=Mazzei |first4=Sante |last5=Connolly |first5=David |last6=Ramírez Cruz |first6=Gonzalo Ángel |date=2019 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-18031-1 |location=Princeton |oclc=on1051136420}}</ref>
|
|style="background:#f3e9f3;" |
|-
|[[Theropoda]]<ref>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 </ref>
|Indeterminate
|Teeth.
|[[Gujarat]]
|[[Maastrichtian]]
|An indeterminate [[theropoda|theropod]].
|}
|}

;


=== Other Archosaurs ===
=== Other Archosaurs ===
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
|-
! colspan="6" align="center" | Other '''[[Archosaur]]s from the Takli Formation'''
! colspan="7" align="center" | Other '''[[Archosaur]]s from the Takli Formation'''
|-
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
|-
| [[Archosauria]]
| [[Archosauria]]<ref name=":2" />
| Indeterminate
| Indeterminate
| teeth
| teeth
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| Either a [[Saurichia|Saurichian]] or a [[Crocodilla]]
| Either a [[saurischia]]n or a [[crocodilla]]<nowiki/>n.
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Crocodyliformes]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rio |first1=Jonathan P. |last2=Mannion |first2=Philip D. |date=2021-09-06 |title=Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem |journal=PeerJ |language=en |volume=9 |pages=e12094 |doi=10.7717/peerj.12094 |doi-access=free |pmid=34567843 |pmc=8428266 |issn=2167-8359}}</ref>
| [[Crocodyliformes]]
| Indeterminate
| Indeterminate
|
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Crocodyliformes]]
| A [[Crocodyliformes|Crocodyliform]].
|
|
|-
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable" align="center"
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
|-
! colspan="6" align="center" | '''[[Lepidosaur]]s from the Takli Formation'''
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Lepidosaur]]s from the Takli Formation'''
|-
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
|-
| [[Gekkonidae]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Kapur |first1=Vivesh V. |last2=Khosla |first2=Ashu |date=2018-12-03 |title=Faunal elements from the Deccan volcano-sedimentary sequences of India: A reappraisal of biostratigraphic, palaeoecologic, and palaeobiogeographic aspects |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gj.3379 |journal=Geological Journal |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=2797–2828 |doi=10.1002/gj.3379 |issn=0072-1050}}</ref>
| [[Gekkonidae]]
| Indeterminate
| Indeterminate
|
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Gecko]]
| A [[Gecko]].
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Boidae]]<ref name=":4">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</ref><ref name=":5">{{Citation |last1=Rage |first1=Jean-Claude |title=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 |date=2020 |work=Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics: New Perspectives on Post-Gondwana Break-up–A Tribute to Ashok Sahni |pages=99–121 |editor-last=Prasad |editor-first=Guntupalli V.R. |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_6 |access-date=2024-08-18 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-49753-8_6 |isbn=978-3-030-49753-8 |last2=Prasad |first2=Guntupalli V. R. |last3=Verma |first3=Omkar |last4=Khosla |first4=Ashu |last5=Parmar |first5=Varun |editor2-last=Patnaik |editor2-first=Rajeev}}</ref>
| [[Boidae]]
| Indeterminate
| Indeterminate
|
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Snake]]
| A [[Snake]].
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Scincomorpha]]
| [[Scincomorpha]]<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
| Indeterminate
| Indeterminate
|
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Scincomorpha]]
| A [[Scincomorpha|Scincomorph]].
|
|
|-
|-
| ?[[Contogenys]]
| ?''[[Contogenys]]''<ref name=":3" />
| sp.
| sp.
|
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Globauridae]]
| A [[Globauridae|Globaurid]].
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Anguidae]]
| [[Anguidae]]<ref name=":6" />
| Indeterminate
| Indeterminate
|
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
|[[Maastrichtian]]
|[[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Anguidae]]
| A [[Anguidae|Anguid]].
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Litakis]]
| ''[[Litakis]]''<ref name=":3" />
| sp.
| sp.
|
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Platynota]]
| A [[Platynota]].
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Exostinus]]
| ''[[Exostinus]]''
| E. estesi
| ''E. estesi''<ref name=":3" />
''E. estesai''
|
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Xenosauridae]]
| A [[Xenosauridae|Xenosaurid]].
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[Pristiguana]]''
|''P. sp.''
|
|[[Maharashtra]]
|[[Maastrichtian]]
|An [[Iguanidae|Iguanid]].
|-
|[[Iguanidae]]<ref name=":3" />
|Indeterminate
|
|[[Maharashtra]]
|[[Maastrichtian]]
|An [[Iguanidae|iguanid]].
|}
|}

=== Amphibians ===
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Amphibian]]s from the Takli Formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
| [[Frog|Anura]]<ref name=":0">S. Hislop. 1861. Remarks on the geology of Nágpur. ''Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' '''6''':194-204</ref>
| Indeterminate
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Frog]].
|
|-
| [[Pelobatidae]]<ref name=":5" />
| Indeterminate
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Pelobatidae|Spadefoot Toad]].
|
|-
|}

=== Fish ===
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Fish]]es from the Takli Formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ''[[Pycnodus]]''
| ''P. lametae''
''P. bicresta''<ref name=":7">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282319217_Vertebrate_fauna_from_the_infra-_and_inter-trappean_beds_of_Andhra_Pradesh_age_implications</ref>
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Pycnodontidae|Pycnodontid]] Fish.
|
|-
| ''[[Belonostomus]]''<ref name=":4" />
| sp.
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| An [[Aspidorhynchidae|Aspidorhynchid]] Fish.
|
|-
| ''[[Sphyraena]]''<ref name=":6" />
| sp.
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Barracuda]].
|
|-
| ''[[Enchodus]]''
| ''E. ferox''<ref name=":6" />
sp.<ref name=":4" />
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| An [[Enchodontidae|Enchodontid]] Fish.
|
|-
| [[Clupeidae]]<ref name=":6" />
| Indeterminate
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Clupeidae|Clupeid]] Fish.
|
|-
| ''[[Apateodus]]''<ref name=":7" />
| ''A. striatus''
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| An [[Ichthyotringidae|Ichthyotringid]] Fish.
|
|-
| ''[[Stephanodus]]''<ref name=":7" />
| ''S. lybicus''
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| An [[Eotrigonodontidae|Eotrigonodontid]] Fish.
|
|-
| ''[[Ostracion]]''<ref name=":6" />
| sp.
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| An [[Ostraciidae|Ostraciid]] Fish.
|
|-
| ''[[Palaeolabrus]]''<ref name=":7" />
| ''P. dormaalensis''
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Palaeolabridae|Palaeolabrid]] Fish.
|
|-
| ''[[Lepisosteus]]''<ref name=":6" />
| ''L. indicus''
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Gar]].
|
|-
| ''[[Lepidotes]]''<ref name=":4" />
| sp.
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A possible late surviving [[Lepidotidae|lepidotid]].
|
|-
| ''[[Dasyatis]]''<ref name=":4" />
| sp.
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Whiptail stingray]].
|
|-
| ''[[Igdabatis]]''
| ''I. sigmodon''
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| An [[Eagle ray]].
|
|-
| ''[[Osteoglossum]]''
| ''O. deccanensis''
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Osteoglossidae|osteoglossid]] Fish.
|
|-
| [[Osteichthyes]]<ref name=":0" />
| Indeterminate
| Ganoid and Cycloid scales
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| An [[Osteichthyes|Bony fish]].
|
|}

=== Mammals ===

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Mammal]]s from the Takli Formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
| [[Symmetrodonta]]<ref name=":6">http://palaeontologicalsociety.in/vol35/v11.pdf</ref>
| Indeterminate
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| An [[Allotheria|Allotherian]] Mammal.
|
|-
|}

=== Molluscas ===

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Mollusca]]s from the Takli Formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
| [[Bivalvia]]
| Indeterminate
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Clam]].
|
|-
| ''[[Lymnaea|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 ===

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Crustacean]]s from the Takli Formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
| [[Ostracoda]]<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258963754_New_Evidence_for_Paleobiogeographic_Intercontinental_Gondwana_Relationships_Based_on_Late_Cretaceous-Earliest_Paleocene_Coastal_Faunas_from_Peninsular_India</ref>
| Indeterminate
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| An [[Ostracod]].
|
|-
|}

=== Turtles ===

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Turtle]]s from the Takli Formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
| [[Pelomedusidae]]<ref name=":6" />
| Indeterminate
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Pelomedusidae|Pelomedusid]] Turtle.
|
|-
| [[Testudinata]]
| Indeterminate
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Turtle]].
|
|-
|}

=== Insects ===

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|-
! colspan="7" align="center" | '''[[Insect]]s from the Takli Formation'''
|-
! Genus !! Species !! Material !! Location !! Time Period !! Notes !! Images
|-
| ?[[Buprestidae]]<ref name=":1">A. Murray. 1860. Notes on some fossil insects from Nagpur. ''Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society'' '''16''':182-186</ref>
| Indeterminate
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Jewel beetle]].
|
|-
| ''[[Lomatus]]''<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cerambycids.com/Buprestidae/WorldCat/Classif/fossils.htm |title=Fossil Buprestidae |author=Bellamy, C. L. |date=2013 |work=A Checklist of World Buprestoidea |accessdate=7 Sep 2021}}</ref>
| ''L. hislopi''
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Jewel beetle]].
|
|-
| ?[[Curculionidae]]
| Indeterminate
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Snout beetle]].
|
|-
| ''[[Meristos]]''<ref name=":1" />
| ''M. hunteri''
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Snout beetle]].
|
|-
| ''[[Palaeotanymecides]]''<ref name=":1" />
| ''P. hislopi''
|
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maastrichtian]]
| A [[Snout beetle]].
|
|-
|}

=== Flora ===


== See also ==
== See also ==
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=== Bibliography ===
=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite LSA |last=[[David B. Weishampel|Weishampel]] |first=David B. |last2=[[Peter Dodson|Dodson]] |first2=Peter |last3=[[Halszka Osmólska|Osmólska]] (eds.) |first3=Halszka |year=2004 |title=The Dinosauria, 2nd edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C |publisher=Berkeley: University of California Press |pages=1–880 |accessdate=2019-02-21}} {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=[[David B. Weishampel|Weishampel]] |editor-first=David B. |editor-last2=[[Peter Dodson|Dodson]] |editor-first2=Peter |editor-last3=[[Halszka Osmólska|Osmólska]] |editor-first3=Halszka |year=2004 |title=The Dinosauria|edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C |location=Berkeley|publisher= University of California Press |pages=1–880 |accessdate=2019-02-21|isbn=0-520-24209-2}}


[[Category:Geologic formations of India]]
[[Category:Geologic formations of India]]

Latest revision as of 16:08, 18 November 2024

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
Country India
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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Color key
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Mammals from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Symmetrodonta[14] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Allotherian Mammal.

Molluscas

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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

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Crustaceans from the Takli Formation
Genus Species Material Location Time Period Notes Images
Ostracoda[17] Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian An Ostracod.

Turtles

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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

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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

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See also

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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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  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
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  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
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  19. ^ Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Fossil Buprestidae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.

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