# Takli Formation

The Takli Formation is a Maastrichtian geologic formation in India. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

## Paleobiota

| Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon | Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited. |

### Dinosaurs
#### Sauropods

Sauropods from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes |
| Fusioolithus | F. baghensis | eggshell fragments | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | Sauropod Eggs. |
| Sauropoda | Indeterminate | tooth | Gujarat | Maastrichtian | A Sauropod. |
| Titanosauridae | Indeterminate | teeth | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Titanosaur. |

#### Theropods

Theropods from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes |
| ?Coelurosauria | Indeterminate | teeth | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | Coelurosauria was a common wastebasket taxon. |
| ?Megalosauridae | Indeterminate | teeth | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | Megalosauridae was a common wastebasket taxon. |
| Massospondylus | M. rawesi | Tooth | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | Previously thought to be a Massospondylus now thought to have been an indeterminate Theropod. |
| Theropoda | Indeterminate | Teeth. | Gujarat | Maastrichtian | An indeterminate theropod. |

### Other Archosaurs

Other Archosaurs from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
| Archosauria | Indeterminate | teeth | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | Either a saurischian or a crocodillan. | |
| Crocodyliformes | Indeterminate | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Crocodyliform. | |

### Lepidosaurs

Lepidosaurs from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Location | Time Period | Notes |
| Gekkonidae | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Gecko. |
| Boidae | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snake. |
| Scincomorpha | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Scincomorph. |
| ?Contogenys | sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Globaurid. |
| Anguidae | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Anguid. |
| Litakis | sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Platynota. |
| Exostinus | E. estesi E. estesai | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Xenosaurid. |
| Pristiguana | P. sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Iguanid. |
| Iguanidae | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An iguanid. |

### Amphibians

Amphibians from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
| Anura | Indeterminate | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Frog. | |
| Pelobatidae | Indeterminate | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Spadefoot Toad. | |

### Fish

Fishes from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes |
| Pycnodus | P. lametae P. bicresta | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Pycnodontid Fish. |
| Belonostomus | sp. | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Aspidorhynchid Fish. |
| Sphyraena | sp. | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Barracuda. |
| Enchodus | E. ferox sp. | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Enchodontid Fish. |
| Clupeidae | Indeterminate | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Clupeid Fish. |
| Apateodus | A. striatus | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Ichthyotringid Fish. |
| Stephanodus | S. lybicus | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Eotrigonodontid Fish. |
| Ostracion | sp. | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Ostraciid Fish. |
| Palaeolabrus | P. dormaalensis | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Palaeolabrid Fish. |
| Lepisosteus | L. indicus | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Gar. |
| Lepidotes | sp. | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A possible late surviving lepidotid. |
| Dasyatis | sp. | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Whiptail stingray. |
| Igdabatis | I. sigmodon | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Eagle ray. |
| Osteoglossum | O. deccanensis | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A osteoglossid Fish. |
| Osteichthyes | Indeterminate | Ganoid and Cycloid scales | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Bony fish. |

### Mammals

Mammals from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
| Symmetrodonta | Indeterminate | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Allotherian Mammal. | |

### Molluscas

Molluscas from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Location | Time Period | Notes |
| Bivalvia | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Clam. |
| Limnaea | sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snail. |
| Valvata | sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snail. |
| Paludina | sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snail. |
| Physa | P. prinsepii | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snail. |

### Crustaceans

Crustaceans from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
| Ostracoda | Indeterminate | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Ostracod. | |

### Turtles

Turtles from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
| Pelomedusidae | Indeterminate | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Pelomedusid Turtle. | |
| Testudinata | Indeterminate | | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Turtle. | |

### Insects

Insects from the Takli Formation :
| Genus | Species | Location | Time Period | Notes |
| ?Buprestidae | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Jewel beetle. |
| Lomatus | L. hislopi | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Jewel beetle. |
| ?Curculionidae | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snout beetle. |
| Meristos | M. hunteri | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snout beetle. |
| Palaeotanymecides | P. hislopi | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snout beetle. |