Earth:Katrol Formation
From HandWiki
Short description: Geologic formation in India
| Katrol Formation Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian ~150–145 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Area | Kutch[1] |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 23°30′N 70°30′E / 23.5°N 70.5°E |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 27°24′S 33°18′E / 27.4°S 33.3°E |
| Region | Gujarat |
| Country |  India |
  Katrol Formation (India) | |
The Katrol Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in India . Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2][3] An indeterminate ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur is also known from the formation in the Kutch district.[4]
Paleobiota
- Sauropoda indet
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ "Katrol Formation, Kutch, India: Varying interactions between eustasy and basin subsidence" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239877507. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ↑ Prasad, Guntupalli V. R.; Pandey, Dhirendra K.; Alberti, Matthias; Fürsich, Franz T.; Thakkar, Mahesh G.; Chauhan, Gaurav D. (25 October 2017). "Discovery of the first ichthyosaur from the Jurassic of India: Implications for Gondwanan palaeobiogeography". PLOS ONE 12 (10): e0185851. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185851. PMID 29069082. Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1285851P.
- ↑ Supriya, Lakshmi. "Remarkably Complete 150 Million Year Old Marine Reptile Fossil Found in Gujarat - The Wire". https://thewire.in/192010/ichthyosaur-kutch-gujarat-vertebrate-fossils-late-jurassic-palaeogeography/.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN:0-520-24209-2
 |  |
