Wagad Formation

{{short description|Geologic formation in India}}

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| type = Geological formation

| age = Oxfordian-Kimmeridgian
~{{fossil range|161|155}}

| period = Tithonian

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| region = Gujarat

| country = {{flag|India}}

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| underlies = Katrol Formation

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| area = Kutch

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The Wagad Formation is a Mesozoic Late Jurassic geologic formation in India. Fossilised sauropod and ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Paleobiota

=Dinosaurs=

;Ornithischian

class="wikitable" align="center"
colspan="7" align="center" | Ornithischians from the Wagad Formation
GenusSpeciesMaterialNotesImages
?Ornithopoda

| indet

| Fossilised Tracks

| An Ornithopod

|

;Sauropods

class="wikitable" align="center"
colspan="7" align="center" | Sauropods from the Wagad Formation
GenusSpeciesMaterialNotesImages
?Sauropoda

| indet

| Fossilised Tracks

| A Sauropod

|

See also

Footnotes

{{Reflist}}

= Bibliography =

  • {{cite book |editor-last=Weishampel |editor-first=David B. |editor-last2=Dodson |editor-first2=Peter |editor-last3=Osmólska |editor-first3=Halszka |year=2004 |title=The Dinosauria|edition=2nd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C |location=Berkeley|publisher= University of California Press |pages=1–880 |accessdate=2019-02-21|ISBN=0-520-24209-2}}

Category:Geologic formations of India

Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia

Category:Cretaceous India

Category:Maastrichtian Stage

Category:Ichnofossiliferous formations

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