Intertrappean Beds
| Intertrappean Beds | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Deccan Traps |
| Overlies | Infratrappean Beds |
| Location | |
| Region | Andhra Pradesh |
| Country | India |
The Intertrappean Beds are a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in India. Indeterminate theropod and pterosaur remains have been recovered from the formation, as well as dinosaur eggs.[1][2] The mammal genera Deccanolestes, Sahnitherium, Bharattherium, and Kharmerungulatum have been recovered from it as well.[3]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Barrett, P.M., Butler, R.J., Edwards, N.P., & Milner, A.R. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. p61-107. in Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp.[1]
- ^ http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/basepi.htm
References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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