The Patcham Formation or Pachchham Formation is a Bathonian geologic formation of Patcham Island, Kutch district, Gujarat, India. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
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Fish
Cartilaginous Fish Cartilaginous Fish of the Patcham FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Strophodus S. atlasensis Kachchh Bathonian Teeth A durophagous acrodontid hybodont
Echinoderms Echinoderms of the Patcham FormationGenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImage Krohcoma K. ampla Kachchh Bathonian A ophiacanthid brittle star Ophiolimna O. malagasica Kachchh Bathonian A ophiacanthid brittle star
See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
References
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