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Kota Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian[1]
TypeGeological formation
Location
Country India

The Kota Formation is a geological formation in India. It dates back to the Hettangian-Pliensbachian.[1]

Paleofauna

Vertebrate paleofauna

Ornithodires reported from the Kota Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Genus:

  1. B. tagorei[1]
  1. Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.[1]
Barapasaurus
Barapasaurus
Campylognathoides

Genus:

  1. C. indicus[2]
  1. Geographically present in the Chanda District of Deccan India.[2]

Genus:

  1. K. yamanpaliensis[1]
  1. Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.[1]

"Nearly complete skeleton without skull."[3]

Suborder:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.[1]
  1. "(including Dandakosaurus indicus)"[1]

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.[1]

Invertebrate paleofauna

Insects of the Kota Formation[4][5]
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. K. frankmortoni
  1. Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.

Genus:

  1. T. bharataja
  2. T. tulyabhijana

Genus:

  1. X. alexandri
  1. Geographically present in Andra Pradesh State, India.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 534–535. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ^ a b c Wellnhofer, Peter (1991). "Summary of Lower Jurassic Pterosaurs." The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs. London, UK: Salamander Books Limited. p. 79. ISBN 0-86101-566-5.
  3. ^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 261.
  4. ^ Mostovski M.B., Jarzembowski E.A. 2000. The first brachycerous flies (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from the Lower Jurassic of Gondwana. Paleontological Journal 34 (Suppl. 3): 367-369.[1]
  5. ^ Rasnitsyn A.P. 2008. New hymenopteran insects (Insecta: Vespida) from the Lower or Middle Jurassic of India. Paleontological Journal 42 (1): 81-85.[2]
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