Chari Formation
Geologic formation in India
The Chari Formation is a Jurassic (Callovian to Oxfordian) geologic formation in Gujarat, western India. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus. 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.
01Fossil content
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited. |
Dinosaurs
| Sauropods of the Chari Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Image |
| Sauropoda indet. | Indeterminate | Jumara | JUM/V/1, proximal part of left tibia. | An indeterminate sauropod | ||
Thalattosuchians
| Thalattosuchians of the Chari Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Image |
| Steneosaurus? | S.? sp. | Dhosa Oolith | Two skulls, one of those skull is said to be 1602 mm in overall length. | A large teleosaurid thalattosuchian | ||
Mollusks
Ammonites
| Ammonites of the Chari Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Image |
| Choffatia | C. pardagatus | Jumara | A perisphincitid ammonite | |||
| C. cobra | ||||||
| Indosphinctes | I. indica | Jumara | A perisphincitid ammonite | |||
| Phlycticeras | P. sp. | Jumara | A strigoceratid ammonite | |||
| Reineckeia | R. anceps | Jumara | A reineckeiid ammonite | |||
Echinoderms
| Echinoderms of the Chari Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Image |
| Alternacantha | A. schwermannorum | Jumara | A ophiacanthid brittle star | |||
| Hanshessia | H. trochitophila | Jumara | A ophiacanthid brittle star | |||
| Ishidacantha | I. fuersichi | Jumara | A ophiacanthid brittle star | |||
| Lapidaster | L. etteri | Jumara | A ophiacanthid brittle star | |||
| Ophiogaleus | O. dorecki | Jumara | A Ophiacanthid brittle star | |||
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