Bhuj Formation
| Bhuj Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Umia, Ghuneri & Ukra members |
| Underlies | N/A |
| Overlies | Katrol Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 23°42′N 69°00′E / 23.7°N 69.0°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 30°18′S 33°48′E / 30.3°S 33.8°E |
| Region | Gujarat, Kutch |
| Country | India |
  Bhuj Formation (India) | |
The Bhuj Formation is a Cretaceous (Valanginian to Santonian) geologic formation in India. Fossil sauropod tracks and tracks from the ichnogenera Skolithos, Diplocraterion, Pholeus and Planolites have been reported from the formation.
Geology
Paleobiota
Color key
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Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text
crossed out taxa are discredited.
Sauropterygia
| Sauropterygians from the Bhuj Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Time period | Notes | Images | |
| Simolestes | S. indicus | Symphysis of the mandible, about 3.55 inches long | Late Jurassic | Originally referred to as Plesiosaurus indicus. Might not belong to Simolestes. |  | |
Mollusca
| Molluscas from the Bhuj Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | |||
| Umiaites | sp. | |||||
| Virgatosphinctes | sp. | |||||
| Aulacosphinctes | sp | |||||
| Tropaeum | T. australis | |||||
| Opisthotrigonia | O. retrorsa | |||||
| Indotrigonia | I. beyschlagi | |||||
| Pterotrigonia | P. umiensis | |||||
| P. kitchinin | ||||||
| P. ventricosa | ||||||
| P. ghuneriensis | ||||||
| P. sp. | ||||||
| Gervillella | G. anceps | |||||
| Megatrigonia | sp. | |||||
| Cheloniceras | C. martini | |||||
| Astarte | A. major | |||||
| Aulacosphinctes | sp. | |||||
| Micracanthoceras | sp. | |||||
| Tithopeltoceras | T. lakhaparensis | |||||
| Opisthotrigonia | O. retrorsa | |||||
| Megacucullaea | M. eminens | |||||
| Pleurotomaria | P. umiensis | |||||
| Bathrotomaria | B. brihattama | |||||
| Chlamys | C. moondanensis | |||||
| Gryphaea | sp. | |||||
| Lithophaga | sp. | |||||
| Opisthotrigonia | O. spissicostata | |||||
| Iotrigonia | I. vscripta | |||||
| I. recurva | ||||||
| Steinmanella | S. mamillata | |||||
| Astarte? | A. venkatappayyi | |||||
| Deshayesites | D. deshayesi | |||||
| Laevitrigonia | L. cardiniiformis | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ Lohani, Nidhi; Mukherjee, Soumyajit; Singh, Seema; Pawar, Aashu; Shaikh, Mohamedharoon (2023), "Structural Geological Field Guide: Bhuj Area (Gujarat, India)", in Mukherjee, Soumyajit (ed.), Structural Geology and Tectonics Field Guidebook—Volume 2, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 227–250, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-19576-1_7, ISBN 978-3-031-19576-1, retrieved 2026-04-02
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Lydekker, Richard (1877), English: Notices of New and Other Vertebrata From Indian Tertiary and Secondary Rocks, retrieved 2024-02-27
- ↑ Noè, L. F. (2001). A taxonomic and functional study of the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) Pliosauroidea (Reptilia, Sauropterygia). Chicago
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
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