Pinjor Formation
Geologic formation in India
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The Pinjor Formation is a Cenozoic geologic formation in India. The fossils of large crocodilians and mammals have been recovered from the formation.[1]
UnderliesTatrot Formation
| Pinjor Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Pleistocene ~Pleistocene | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Tatrot Formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 30.7°N 76.8°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 29.2°N 77.3°E |
| Region | Hariyana, Punjab India, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab Pakistan, Chandigarh |
| Country |  India |
  Pinjor Formation (India) | |
Paleobiota
Reptiles
| Reptiles from the Pinjor Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Notes | Images |
| Rhamphosuchus[2] | R. crassidens | piece of rostrum, middle portion of craniurns, hind portion of mandibular symphysis, quadrate and quadratojugal, partial mandibular symphysis, several vertebrae, left ilium, small left ilium, right fibula, and several scute. | Chandigarh | A large gavialid |  |
| Gavialis | G. browni | Chandigarh | Gharials |  | |
| G. gangeticus | |||||
| G. sp. | |||||
| Crocodylus | C. palustris | Chandigarh | Mugger crocodiles |  | |
| C. biporcatus | |||||
| C. palaeoindicus | |||||
| Varanus[3] | V. sivalensis | Distal end of right humerus and dorsal vertebrae | Chandigarh | A large monitor lizard similar to the Komodo dragon |  |
| Omegachelys | O. sahnii | Uttar Pradesh, | An emydid turtle | ||
| Geoclemys | G. hamiltonii | Uttar Pradesh | A geoemydid turtle |  | |
| Hardella | H. thurjii | Uttar Pradesh | A geoemydidae turtle |  | |
| Megalochelys | sp. | Chandigarh | A tortoise |  | |
Mammals
Crustaceans
| Crustaceans from the Pinjor Formation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Notes | Images |
| Potamon | sp. | Chandigarh | A crab | ||