Chari Formation Explained
The Chari Formation is a Jurassic (Callovian to Oxfordian) geologic formation in Gujarat, western India.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[2] The ammonite Reineckeia has also been found here. The skulls of two marine crocodiles have also been found and have been putatively identified as Steneosaurus.[3]
Paleobiota
Dinosaurs
- Sauropods
Invertebrates
- Mollusca
| Molluscas of the Chari Formation |
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| Genus | Species | Locality | Material | Notes | Photos |
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| Choffatia | C. pardagatus | Jumara | | A Perisphincitidae Ammonite. | |
| C. cobra |
| Indosphinctes | I. indica | Jumara | | A Perisphincitidae Ammonite. | |
| Phlycticeras | sp. | Jumara | | A Strigoceratidae Ammonite. | |
| Reineckeia | R. anceps | Jumara | | A Reineckeiidae Ammonite. | | |
See also
References
Bibliography
Further reading
- R. Dutta and S. Bardhan. 2016. Systematics, endemism and phylogeny of Indian proplanulitins (Ammonoidea) from the Bathonian–Callovian of Kutch, western India. Swiss Journal of Paleontology 135:23-56
- M. Alberti, D. K. Pandey, and F. T. Fürsich. 2011. Ammonites of the genus Peltoceratoides Spath, 1924 from the Oxfordian of Kachchh, western India. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 262:1-18
- S. S. Das, S. Bardhan, and T. Kase. 2005. A new pleurotomariid gastropod assemblage from the Jurassic sequence of Kutch, western India. Paleontological Research 9(4):329-346
- F. T. Fürsich, D. K. Pandey, W. Oschmann, A.K. Jaitly, and I.B. Singh. 1994. Ecology and adaptive strategies of corals in unfavourable environments: Examples from the Middle Jurassic of the Kachchh Basin, western India. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 194(2–3):269-303
- D. N. Ghosh. 1990. Biometry of two species of Kallirhynchia (Buckman) from Callovian beds of Kutch, India. Brachiopods Through Time 97-100
Notes and References
- https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Chari&group_formation_member=Chari Chari Formation
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- Phansalkar . V. G. . Sudha . G. . A. S. . Khadkikar . 1994 . Giant marine reptilian skulls from the Jurassic of Kachchh, Gujarat . Current Science . 67(6) . en . 460-461 .
- Jana . Sudipta K. . Das . Shiladri . A report of a 157.8 m.y.-old dinosaur bone from the Jurassic marine Chari Formation, Kutch, Gujarat and its taphonomic significance . Current Science . 82 . 1 . en . 85-88 . 2002-01-10.
