Chari Formation

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title: "Chari Formation" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["geologic-formations-of-india", "jurassic-system-of-asia", "jurassic-india", "callovian-stage", "oxfordian-stage", "limestone-formations", "siltstone-formations", "sandstone-formations", "shallow-marine-deposits", "paleontology-in-india", "geology-of-gujarat"] description: "Geologic formation in India" topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chari_Formation" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Geologic formation in India ::

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Field	Value
name	Chari Formation
type	Geological formation
age	Callovian-Oxfordian
~
period	Oxfordian
prilithology	Limestone, siltstone, sandstone
otherlithology	Oolite
namedfor	Chari, "salt affected"
region	Gujarat
country	India
coordinates
paleocoordinates
subunits	Dhosa Conglomerate, Dhosa Oolite & Dhosa Sandstone Members
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relief	1
width	250
float	center
lat_deg	23.5
lon_deg	69.4
mark	Blue pog.svg
marksize	10
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The Chari Formation is a Jurassic (Callovian to Oxfordian) geologic formation in Gujarat, western India. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus. The ammonite Reineckeia has also been found here. The skulls of two marine crocodiles have also been found and have been putatively identified as Steneosaurus.

Paleobiota

Dinosaurs

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Sauropods of the Chari Formation	Genus	Species	Locality	Material	Notes	Photos
last1=Jana	first1=Sudipta K.	last2=Das	first2=Shiladri	title=A report of a 157.8 m.y.-old dinosaur bone from the Jurassic marine Chari Formation, Kutch, Gujarat and its taphonomic significance	url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237363014	journal=Current Science
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Pseudosuchians

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Pseudosuchians of the Chari Formation	Genus	Species	Locality	Material	Notes	Photos
Steneosaurus?	sp.	Dhosa Oolith	Two Skulls, one of those skull is said to be 1602 mm in overall length.	A large-sized teleosaurid pseudosuchian.
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Invertebrates

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Molluscas of the Chari Formation	Genus	Species	Locality	Material	Notes	Photos
Choffatia	C. pardagatus	Jumara		A perisphincitid ammonite.
C. cobra
Indosphinctes	I. indica	Jumara		A perisphincitid ammonite.
Phlycticeras	sp.	Jumara		A strigoceratid ammonite.
Reineckeia	R. anceps	Jumara		A reineckeiid ammonite.
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References

Bibliography

References

1. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Chari&group_formation_member=Chari Chari Formation] at [[Fossilworks]].org
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
3. (1994). "Giant marine reptilian skulls from the Jurassic of Kachchh, Gujarat". Current Science.
4. (2002-01-10). "A report of a 157.8 m.y.-old dinosaur bone from the Jurassic marine Chari Formation, Kutch, Gujarat and its taphonomic significance". Current Science.

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