The Katrol Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in India. Fossil Dinosaur tracks have been reported from the formation. An indeterminate ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur is also known from the formation in the Kutch district.
Paleobiota Dinosaurs Sauropods of the Katrol Formation Genus Species Material Notes Photos Sauropoda IndeterminateFootprints A Sauropod. Theropods Theropods of the Katrol Formation Genus Species Material Notes Photos Megalosauridae? Indeterminate Footprints and vertebrae. Originally described as an Allosauroid.Dinosaur Fauna from Mesozoic Rocks of Western India- Z.G. Ghevariya and C. Srikarni
Ornithischian Ornithischians of the Katrol Formation Genus Species Material Notes Photos Ornithopoda? Indeterminate Footprints An Ornithopod
Sauropterygians Sauropterygians of the Katrol Formation Genus Species Material Notes Photos Cryptoclididae Indeterminate BHU No. 11701, Nineteen connected cervical vertebrae about 1 metre long. A Plesiosaur.
Ichthyosaurs Ichthyosaurs of the Katrol Formation Genus Species Material Notes PhotosOphthalmosauridae IndeterminateArticulated partial skeleton. An Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaur, estimated to be 5 to 5.5 metres long.
Mollusca Molluscs of the Katrol Formation Genus Species Material Notes Palaeonucula P. cuneiformisA Nut Clam.P. stoliczkai Trigonia Sp.A Clam. Nuculoma N. wynneiA Nut Clam Belemnoidea Indeterminate A Belemnitida Cephalopod.Streblites S. plicodiscusA Oppeliidae ammonite.OppeliaO. planaA Oppeliidae ammonite.O. kachhensisAspidocerasA. binodiferumA Aspidoceratidae ammonite.A. iphiceroidesA. monacanthumTaramellicerasT. trachinotum A Oppeliidae ammonite.HaplocerasH. deplanatumA Haploceratidae ammonite.H. propinquumPachysphinctesP. bathyplocusA Perisphinctidae ammonite.PerisphinctesP. pottingeriA Perisphinctidae ammonite.P. torquatusP. katrolensisP. sparsiplicatusP. alterneplicatusP. euplocusHarpocerasH. kobelliA Hildoceratidae ammonite.
Insecta Insects of the Katrol Formation Genus Species Material NotesCycloserpulasp. A Millipede.
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks Sauropod tracks List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks List of plesiosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
References
Bibliography Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.