Abstract
Cretaceous strata of Pakistan yielded many significant fossils of terrestrial ecosystems like poripuch (all caudals are procoelous) lithostrotian titanosaurian sauropods, abelisauroids theropods, mesoeucrocodiles, pterosaurs and gymnosperm stem wood. Both marine and non-marine strata well exposed through the Cretaceous, Jurassic-Cretaceous and Cretaceous-Paleogene boundaries found in Pakistan especially in Indus Basin. Indus Basin represents strata from Precambrian to Recent. Here a glimpse of Cretaceous Stratigraphy of Pakistan is being presented.
Highlights
Pakistan is lucky to host the Gondwanan, Eurasian and Tethyan heritage
Cretaceous strata of Pakistan yielded many significant fossils of terrestrial ecosystems like poripuch lithostrotian titanosaurian sauropods, abelisauroids theropods, mesoeucrocodiles, pterosaurs and gymnosperm stem wood. Both marine and non-marine strata well exposed through the Cretaceous, Jurassic-Cretaceous and Cretaceous-Paleogene boundaries found in Pakistan especially in Indus Basin
Middle Indus (Sulaiman) and lower Indus (Kirthar) basins represent the Lower Cretaceous fine pelagic, shallow marine and deltaic Parh Group (Sembar, Goru, Parh formations; belemnite bearing shale, marl and limestone), and the Upper Cretaceous was emerged by a regression of sea which shows the Mughal Kot, Fort Munro, Pab and Vitakri Lameta formations of Fort Munro Group, deposited under muddy to sandy shelf, distal deltaic and fluviatile environments
Summary
Pakistan is lucky to host the Gondwanan, Eurasian and Tethyan heritage. Gondwanan heritage is represented by Indus Basin of Pakistan located in the centre, south and eastern Pakistan. The Cretaceous of upper Indus (Kohat-Potwar) Basin shows marine Chichali, (glauconitic muds), marginal marine Lumshiwal (quartzose sandstone with subordinate shale) and Kawagarh (limestone) and terrestrial to deltaic Indus (coal, laterite, carbonaceous shale = Vitakri Lameta sediments) formations
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