Kota Formation

Kota Formation Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian[1]
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
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Barapasaurus[1]	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]		Barapasaurus Campylognathoides
Campylognathoides[3]	C. indicus[3]	Geographically present in the Chanda District of Deccan India.[3]
Dandakosaurus	D. indicus			"Proximal pubis."[4]	.[1]
Kotasaurus[1]	K. yamanpaliensis[1]	Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India.[1]		"Nearly complete skeleton without skull."[5]

Invertebrate paleofauna

Insects of the Kota Formation[6][7]
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes
Kotaphialtites	K. frankmortoni	Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India.			An ephialtitid hymenopteran.
Taschigatra	T. bharataja	Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India.			A rhagionid dipteran.
	T. tulyabhijana	Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India.			A rhagionid dipteran.
Xyelula	X. alexandri	Geographically present in Andhra Pradesh State, India.			A sepulcid hymenopteran.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1. 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.
2. "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 263.
3. 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.
4. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
5. "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 261.
6. 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.
7. Rasnitsyn A.P. 2008. New hymenopteran insects (Insecta: Vespida) from the Lower or Middle Jurassic of India. Paleontological Journal 42 (1): 81-85.