Chari Formation
| Chari Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Callovian-Oxfordian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Dhosa Conglomerate, Dhosa Oolite & Dhosa Sandstone Members |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, siltstone, sandstone |
| Other | Oolite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 23°30′N 69°24′E / 23.5°N 69.4°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 23°36′S 32°36′E / 23.6°S 32.6°E |
| Region | Gujarat |
| Country |  India |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Chari, "salt affected" |
  Chari Formation (India)  Chari Formation (Gujarat) | |
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].
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Chari Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Phansalkar, V. G., G. Sudha, and A. S. Khadkikar. "Giant marine reptilian skulls from the Jurassic of Kachchh, Gujarat." Current Science 67.6 (1994): 460-461.
Bibliography[edit]
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
Further reading[edit]
- 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