Wagad Formation

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Wagad Formation
Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian
~161–155  Ma
Type Geological formation
Underlies Katrol Formation
OverliesN/A
Area Kutch
Location
Coordinates 23°30′N70°30′E / 23.5°N 70.5°E / 23.5; 70.5
Approximate paleocoordinates 27°18′S33°18′E / 27.3°S 33.3°E / -27.3; 33.3
Region Gujarat
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
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Wagad Formation (India)

The Wagad Formation is a Mesozoic Late Jurassic geologic formation in India. Fossilised sauropod and ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation. [1]

Contents

Paleobiota

Dinosaurs

Ornithischian
Ornithischians from the Wagad Formation
GenusSpeciesMaterialNotesImages
 ?Ornithopoda [1] indetFossilised TracksAn Ornithopod
Sauropods
Sauropods from the Wagad Formation
GenusSpeciesMaterialNotesImages
 ?Sauropoda [1] indetFossilised TracksA Sauropod

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

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