Lameta
168 occ.
46 taxa (6 genera)
1 countries
Description
The Lameta Formation, also known as the Infratrappean Beds, is a sedimentary geological formation found in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh, India, associated with the Deccan Traps. It is of the Maastrichtian age, and is notable for its dinosaur fossils.
Genera
6 genera
Temporal range
252
201
145
66
0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Carnosaur Bed
19
Lower Limestone
13
Mottled Nodular Marl
7
Green Sandstone
4
Upper Sandy Carbonate
2
Upper Sandstone
1
Upper Limestone
1
Top countries
🇮🇳 India
168
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet.
132
Crevasse splay
9
Estuary / bay
7
Coarse channel fill
5
Floodplain
4
Peritidal
4
Lagoonal / restricted shallow subtidal
2
Delta plain
1
Channel lag
1
dry floodplain
1
Top collectors
C. A. Matley
34
B. Brown
19
D. Mohabey
15
GSI
10
Srivastava
8
Mathur
7
Hislop
6
Blanford
6
Hughes
6
Matley
6
Ghosh
6
D. Bhattacharji
5
Collection activity by decade
1820s
2
1830s
2
1850s
7
1860s
6
1870s
8
1910s
37
1920s
27
1930s
10
1980s
47
1990s
9
2000s
3
2010s
20
2020s
18