Genus: Avashishta ANANTHARAMAN, WILSON, SARMA & CLEMENS, 2006
Etymology: Sanskrit, avashisht, "that which survives"; refering to the survival of the 'Haramiyida' into the latest Cretaceous.

Species: bacharamensis ANANTHARAMAN, WILSON, SARMA & CLEMENS, 2006
Etymology: In reference to the village of Bacharam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Holotype: GSI/SR/PAL-B215

Locality: Near Bacharam, 17°20'N, 79°50'E, Andhra Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Infratrappean beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Uppermost Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: A nearly complete right upper molariform.