Earth:Bhuj Formation

Short description: Geologic formation in India

Bhuj Formation Stratigraphic range: Tithonian–Aptian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Umia, Ghuneri & Ukra members
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates
Paleocoordinates	[ ⚑ ] 30.3°S 33.8°E / -30.3; 33.8
Region	Gujarat, Kutch
Country	India
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The Bhuj Formation is a Mesozoic (Tithonian to Aptian) geologic formation in India . Fossil sauropod tracks and tracks from the ichnogenera Skolithos, Diplocraterion, Pholeus and Planolites have been reported from the formation.

Paleo Flora and Fauna

Dinosaurs

• Sauropoda indet
• Ornithopoda indet

Ammonite

• Umiaites sp.
• Aulacosphinctes sp.
• Virgatosphinctes sp.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
    • Sauropod tracks

References

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN:0-520-24209-2