Chari Formation
Geologic formation in India
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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]
Sub-unitsDhosa Conglomerate, Dhosa Oolite & Dhosa Sandstone Members
OtherOolite
| 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 | 23.5°N 69.4°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 23.6°S 32.6°E |
| Region | Gujarat |
| Country | India |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Chari, "salt affected" |
  Chari Formation (India)  Chari Formation (Gujarat) | |
Paleobiota
Dinosaurs
- Sauropods
Pseudosuchians
| Pseudosuchians of the Chari Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Locality | Material | Notes | Photos |
| Steneosaurus?[3] | sp. | Dhosa Oolith | Two Skulls, one of those skull is said to be 1602 mm in overall length. | A large-sized teleosaurid pseudosuchian. | |
Invertebrates
- Mollusca
| Molluscas of the Chari Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Locality | Material | Notes | Photos |
| Choffatia[4] | C. pardagatus | Jumara | A perisphincitid ammonite. | ||
| C. cobra | |||||
| Indosphinctes[4] | I. indica | Jumara | A perisphincitid ammonite. | ||
| Phlycticeras[4] | sp. | Jumara | A strigoceratid ammonite. | ||
| Reineckeia[4] | R. anceps | Jumara | A reineckeiid ammonite. | ||