Earth:Chari Formation

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Short description: Geologic formation in India
Chari Formation
Stratigraphic range: Callovian-Oxfordian
~165–158 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsDhosa Conglomerate, Dhosa Oolite & Dhosa Sandstone Members
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone, siltstone, sandstone
OtherOolite
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 23°30′N 69°24′E / 23.5°N 69.4°E / 23.5; 69.4
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 23°36′S 32°36′E / 23.6°S 32.6°E / -23.6; 32.6
RegionGujarat
Country India
Type section
Named forChari, "salt affected"
Chari Formation is located in India
Chari Formation
Chari Formation (India)
Chari Formation is located in Gujarat
Chari Formation
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.

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

References

  1. Chari Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

  • 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

  • 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