Nimar Sandstone Formation

Nimar Sandstone Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	N/A
Overlies	N/A
Location
Coordinates	22.4° N, 74.8° E
Region	Madhya Pradesh
Country	India
Nimar Sandstone Formation (India)

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

Paleobiota

Dinosaurs

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

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

Mollusca

Genus	Species	Material	Notes
Ostreidae	Indeterminate

References

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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/244484466_First_dinosaur_remains_from_the_Cenomanian-Turonian_Nimar_Sandstone_Bagh_Beds_District_Dhar_Madhya_Pradesh_India