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Nimar Sandstone Formation

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Nimar Sandstone Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesN/A
OverliesN/A
Location
Coordinates22.4° N, 74.8° E
RegionMadhya Pradesh
Country India
Nimar Sandstone Formation is located in India
Nimar Sandstone Formation
Nimar Sandstone Formation (India)

Nimar Sandstone Formation is a geological formation from the Cenomanian of India.[1][2][3]

Paleobiota

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Dinosaurs

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Genus Species Material Notes Photos
Titanosauria[4] Indeterminate Partial Skeleton Including a femur, humerus, radius, ulna and numerous fragmentary bones belonging at least to two individuals A new titanosaur species, possibly ancestral to the titanosaurs known from abundant remains from the Lameta Formation of peninsular India.
Dinosauria[4] Indeterminate "Fragmentary pieces of bones" Too poorly preserved to identify.

Fishes

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Genus Species Material Notes
Coelodus C. malwaensis
Onchopristis O. indicus

Mollusca

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Genus Species Material Notes
Ostreidae Indeterminate

References

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  1. ^ Omnath Saha; Uma Kant Shukla (November 2016). "Depositional environment of Nimar Sandstone of Cretaceous Bagh Group, Dhar District, M.P., India". 33rd Convention of Indian Association of Sedimentologists.
  2. ^ Bhattacharya, Biplab; Jha, Suparna; Mondal, Prantik (December 2020). "Palaeogeographic reconstruction of a fluvio-marine transitional system in Narmada rift basin, India — Implications on Late Cretaceous global sea-level rise". Journal of Palaeogeography. 9 (1): 30. Bibcode:2020JPalG...9...30B. doi:10.1186/s42501-020-00078-6. ISSN 2524-4507.
  3. ^ Akhtar, K.; Ahmad, A. H. M. (1 April 1991). "Single-cycle cratonic quartzarenites produced by tropical weathering: the Nimar sandstone (Lower Cretaceous), Narmada basin, India". Sedimentary Geology. 71 (1): 23–32. Bibcode:1991SedG...71...23A. doi:10.1016/0037-0738(91)90004-W. ISSN 0037-0738.
  4. ^ a b https://www.researchgate.net/publication/244484466_First_dinosaur_remains_from_the_Cenomanian-Turonian_Nimar_Sandstone_Bagh_Beds_District_Dhar_Madhya_Pradesh_India