The Chari Formation is a
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Callovian
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to
Oxfordian) geologic
formation
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remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific
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[Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.] The ammonite
Reineckeia has also been found here.
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List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
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Containing body fossils
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List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
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References
Bibliography
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Further reading
* R. Dutta and S. Bardhan. 2016. Systematics, endemism and phylogeny of Indian proplanulitins (Ammonoidea) from the Bathonian–Callovian of Kutch, western India. Swiss Journal of Paleontology 135:23-56
* M. Alberti, D. K. Pandey, and F. T. Fürsich. 2011. Ammonites of the genus Peltoceratoides Spath, 1924 from the Oxfordian of Kachchh, western India. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 262:1-18
* S. S. Das, S. Bardhan, and T. Kase. 2005. A new pleurotomariid gastropod assemblage from the Jurassic sequence of Kutch, western India. Paleontological Research 9(4):329-346
* F. T. Fürsich, D. K. Pandey, W. Oschmann, A.K. Jaitly, and I.B. Singh. 1994. Ecology and adaptive strategies of corals in unfavourable environments: Examples from the Middle Jurassic of the Kachchh Basin, western India. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 194(2-3):269-303
* D. N. Ghosh. 1990. Biometry of two species of ''Kallirhynchia'' (Buckman) from Callovian beds of Kutch, India. Brachiopods Through Time 97-100
Geologic formations of India
Jurassic System of Asia
Jurassic India
Callovian Stage
Oxfordian Stage
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