Mesozoic • Triassic

Kingriali Formation

Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian)

Stratigraphic position

In the Salt Range column

LimestoneSandstoneMixedFossils recordedConformable

Band colour = period; texture = dominant rock type. Lines between bands mark the contact type. True scale makes height ∝ recorded thickness; hatched = thickness not recorded. Ages approximate, for ordering.

This unit (highlighted) within its province column; faded ends continue above and below. Line style marks the contact type.

Marine carbonate sequence with characteristic honeycomb weathering. Represents shallow marine platform. Synonym: Chak Jabbi Limestone in Hazara. Part of the Musakhel Group.

Significance. Terminal Triassic carbonate platform; characteristic dolomitization pattern

Lithology: Dolomite, dolomitic limestone with cellular (honeycomb) weathering
Thickness: 100-150 m
Type locality: Kingriali, Salt Range

Fossils

Megalodont bivalvesGastropodsForaminifera

Provinces

Salt Range Hazara Basin Kohat Basin Potwar Basin

Related units

Below · older

Tredian Formation

Triassic

Above · younger

Datta Formation

Jurassic