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The Takli Formation is a
Maastrichtian The Maastrichtian () is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem. It spanned the interv ...
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.Tákli Plain, northwest of Nagpur
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Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23  million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...
remains diagnostic to the
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.


Paleobiota


Dinosaurs

; Sauropods ; Theropods ;


Other Archosaurs


Lepidosaurs


Amphibians


Fish


Mammals


Molluscas


Crustaceans


Turtles


Insects


Flora


See also

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List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented. Containing body fossils * List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils ** List of stratigraphic units with f ...
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List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera This list of stratigraphic units with few non-avian dinosaur genera includes Mesozoic stratigraphic units of formation rank or higher that have produced dinosaur body fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, i ...


References


Bibliography

* {{cite book , editor-last= Weishampel , editor-first=David B. , editor-last2= Dodson , editor-first2=Peter , editor-last3= 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 Geologic formations of India Cretaceous Asia Maastrichtian Stage Shale formations Siltstone formations Marl formations Fluvial deposits Lacustrine deposits Paleontology in India