The Katrol Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in India. Fossil Dinosaur tracks have been reported from the formation. An indeterminate ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur is also known from the formation in the Kutch district.[1]
Paleobiota[edit | edit source]
Dinosaurs[edit | edit source]
| Sauropods of the Katrol Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Photos |
| Sauropoda[2] | Indeterminate | Footprints | A Sauropod. | |
Theropods[edit | edit source]
| Theropods of the Katrol Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Photos |
| Megalosauridae? | Indeterminate | Footprints and vertebrae. | Originally described as an Allosauroid.[2] | |
Ornithischian[edit | edit source]
| Ornithischians of the Katrol Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Photos |
| Ornithopoda?[2] | Indeterminate | Footprints | An Ornithopod | |
Sauropterygians[edit | edit source]
| Sauropterygians of the Katrol Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Photos |
| Cryptoclididae[3] | Indeterminate | BHU No. 11701, Nineteen connected cervical vertebrae about 1 metre long. | A Plesiosaur. | |
Ichthyosaurs[edit | edit source]
| Ichthyosaurs of the Katrol Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Photos |
| Ophthalmosauridae[4] | Indeterminate | Articulated partial skeleton. | An Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaur, estimated to be 5 to 5.5 metres long. |  |
Mollusca[edit | edit source]
| Molluscs of the Katrol Formation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes |
| Palaeonucula | P. cuneiformis | A Nut Clam. | |
| P. stoliczkai | |||
| Trigonia | Sp. | A Clam. | |
| Nuculoma | N. wynnei | A Nut Clam | |
| Belemnoidea | Indeterminate | A Belemnitida Cephalopod. | |
| Streblites | S. plicodiscus | A Oppeliidae ammonite. | |
| Oppelia | O. plana | A Oppeliidae ammonite. | |
| O. kachhensis | |||
| Aspidoceras | A. binodiferum | A Aspidoceratidae ammonite. | |
| A. iphiceroides | |||
| A. monacanthum | |||
| Taramelliceras | T. trachinotum | A Oppeliidae ammonite. | |
| Haploceras | H. deplanatum | A Haploceratidae ammonite. | |
| H. propinquum | |||
| Pachysphinctes | P. bathyplocus | A Perisphinctidae ammonite. | |
| Perisphinctes | P. pottingeri | A Perisphinctidae ammonite. | |
| P. torquatus | |||
| P. katrolensis | |||
| P. sparsiplicatus | |||
| P. alterneplicatus | |||
| P. euplocus | |||
| Harpoceras | H. kobelli | A Hildoceratidae ammonite. | |
Insecta[edit | edit source]
| Insects of the Katrol Formation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes |
| Cycloserpula | sp. | A Millipede. | |
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Supriya, Lakshmi. "Remarkably Complete 150 Million Year Old Marine Reptile Fossil Found in Gujarat - The Wire". thewire.in.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dinosaur Fauna from Mesozoic Rocks of Western India- Z.G. Ghevariya and C. Srikarni
- ↑ BARDET, N; MAZIN, J.-M.; CARIOU, E.; ENAY, R.; KRISHNA, J. (1991). "Les Plesiosauria du Jurassique supérieur de la province de Kachchh (Inde)". Les Plesiosauria du Jurassique supérieur de la province de Kachchh (Inde). 313 (11): 1343–1347. ISSN 0764-4450.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1285851P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185851. PMC 5656312. PMID 29069082.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2