Katrol Formation

Katrol Formation
Katrol Formation
Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian-Tithonian; ~150–145 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Bhuj Formation , Umia Formation
Overlies	Wagad Formation
Area	Kutch
Location
Coordinates	23°30′N 70°30′E / 23.5°N 70.5°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	27°24′S 33°18′E / 27.4°S 33.3°E
Region	Gujarat
Country	India
	Katrol Formation (India)

The Katrol Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in India. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[2]^[3] An indeterminate ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur is also known from the formation in the Kutch district.^[4]

Paleobiota

Reptiles of the Katrol Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Photos
Sauropoda^[5]	Indeterminate	Footprints	A Sauropod
Ornithopoda^[5]	Indeterminate	Footprints	An Ornithopod
Megalosauridae	Indeterminate	Footprints	Originally described as an Allosauroid.
Cryptoclididae	Indeterminate	Nineteen connected vertebrae	A Plesiosaur
Ophthalmosaurid^[6]	Indeterminate		An Ichthyosaur

Molluscas of the Katrol Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes
Palaeonucula	P. cuneiformis P. stoliczkai
Trigonia	Sp.
Nuculoma	N. wynnei
Belemnoidea	Indeterminate

Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2