Kota Formation
| Kota Formation Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian[1] | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Country |
 India |
The Kota Formation is a geological formation in India. It dates back to the Hettangian-Pliensbachian.[1]
Paleofauna
Vertebrate paleofauna
Indeterminate thyreophoran remains geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India.[1]
| Ornithodires reported from the Kota Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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B. tagorei[1] |
Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India.[1] |
"Scattered remains of more than [six] partial skeletons without skulls, manus, or pes."[2] |
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C. indicus[3] |
Geographically present in the Chanda District of Deccan India.[3] |
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D. indicus |
"Proximal pubis."[4] |
Later found to be indeterminate theropod remains.[1] | ||||
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K. yamanpaliensis[1] |
Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India.[1] |
"Nearly complete skeleton without skull."[5] |
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Invertebrate paleofauna
| Insects of the Kota Formation[6][7] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | |
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Kotaphialtites |
K. frankmortoni |
Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India. |
An ephialtitid hymenopteran. | |||
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Taschigatra |
T. bharataja |
Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India. |
A rhagionid dipteran. | |||
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T. tulyabhijana |
Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India. |
A rhagionid dipteran. | ||||
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Xyelula |
X. alexandri |
Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India. |
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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.
- ↑ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 263.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.
- ↑ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
- ↑ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 261.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Rasnitsyn A.P. 2008. New hymenopteran insects (Insecta: Vespida) from the Lower or Middle Jurassic of India. Paleontological Journal 42 (1): 81-85.