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Dinosaur Teeth from Lameta Group (Upper Cretaceous) of Kheda District, Gujarat


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Theropod and sauropod dinosaur teeth are being described for the first time from Lameta Group (Upper Cretaceous) of Kheda District, Gujarat. Carnosaurian teeth show megalosaurid characters and are placed in Majungasaurus (Megalosaurus) crenatissimus and (?) Megalosaurus. Five morphological types of (?) Megalosaurus teeth have been distinguished which vary from laterally compressed flattened cones to recurved ones having serrations on anterior/posterior margins and directed either at right angles or obliquely to the margins. The sauropod dinosaur teeth are tentatively placed in Titanosaurus and described as a new species viz., (?) Titanosaurus rahioliensis.
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  • Dinosaur Teeth from Lameta Group (Upper Cretaceous) of Kheda District, Gujarat

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Authors

U. B. Mathur
Regional Palaeontological Laboratory, Geological Survey of India (Western Region), Jaipur, India
S. Srivastava
Regional Palaeontological Laboratory, Geological Survey of India (Western Region), Jaipur, India

Abstract


Theropod and sauropod dinosaur teeth are being described for the first time from Lameta Group (Upper Cretaceous) of Kheda District, Gujarat. Carnosaurian teeth show megalosaurid characters and are placed in Majungasaurus (Megalosaurus) crenatissimus and (?) Megalosaurus. Five morphological types of (?) Megalosaurus teeth have been distinguished which vary from laterally compressed flattened cones to recurved ones having serrations on anterior/posterior margins and directed either at right angles or obliquely to the margins. The sauropod dinosaur teeth are tentatively placed in Titanosaurus and described as a new species viz., (?) Titanosaurus rahioliensis.