Fossil seeds from the Lameta Formation (Late Cretaceous), Jabalpur, India

Abstract

Fossil seeds are reported here from the classic Bara Simla Hill section of the Lameta Formation at Jabalpur. They are associated with a freshwater ostracod, charophyte and dinosaur assemblage that suggests a Maastrichtian age. The Lameta beds locally underlying the Deccan basalts have been shown to be pedogenically modified alluvial plain deposits containing one of the most extensive dinosaur nesting sites in the world. The Lamera seeds are preserved as three dimensional carbonate casts and are distinguishable into three distinct morphotypes.