| Pinjor Formation | |
| Type: | Geological formation |
| Age: | Pleistocene ~Pleistocene |
| Period: | Pleistocene |
| Region: | Hariyana, Punjab India, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab Pakistan, Chandigarh |
| Country: |  India |
| Coordinates: | 30.7°N 76.8°W |
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.2°N 77.3°W |
| Underlies: | Tatrot Formation |
The Pinjor Formation is a Cenozoic geologic formation in India. The fossils of large crocodilians and mammals have been recovered from the formation.[1]
| Reptiles from the Pinjor Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Location | Notes | Images | |
| Rhamphosuchus[2] | R. crassidens | piece of rostrum, middle portion of craniurns, hind portion of mandibular symphysis, quadrate and quadratojugal, partial mandibular symphysis, several vertebrae, left ilium, small left ilium, right fibula, and several scute. | Chandigarh | A large gharial | ||
| Gavialis | G. browni | Chandigarh | Gharials | |||
| G. gangeticus | ||||||
| G. sp. | ||||||
| Crocodylus | C. palustris | Chandigarh | Mugger crocodiles | |||
| C. biporcatus | ||||||
| C. palaeoindicus | ||||||
| Varanus[3] | V. sivalensis | Distal end of right humerus and dorsal vertebrae | Chandigarh | A large monitor lizard similar to the Komodo dragon | ||
| Omegachelys | O. sahnii | Uttar Pradesh,Himachal Pradesh | An emydid turtle | |||
| Geoclemys | G. hamiltonii | Uttar Pradesh | A geoemydid turtle | |||
| Hardella | H. thurjii | Uttar Pradesh | A geoemydidae turtle | |||
| Megalochelys | sp. | Chandigarh | A tortoise | |||