Tiki Formation
# Tiki Formation

The Tiki Formation is a Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian) geologic formation in Madhya Pradesh, northern India. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus. Phytosaur remains attributable to the genus Volcanosuchus have also been found in the Tiki Formation.

The genera Tikiodon, Tikitherium and Tikisuchus and species Rewaconodon tikiensis, Hyperodapedon tikiensis and Parvodus tikiensis have been named after the Tiki Formation.

## Fossil content

The following fossils have been described from the formation:

### Cynodonts

Cynodonts of the Tiki Formation :

| Genus | Species | Material | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gondwanadon | G. tapani | A single molar | A morganucodont |
| Inditherium | I. floris | Three postcanine teeth | A dromatheriid |
| Rewaconodon | R. indicus | A partial jaw and three postcanine teeth | A dromatheriid |
| Rewaconodon | R. tikiensis | | A dromatheriid |
| Ruberodon | R. roychowdhurii | Five partial jaws | A traversodontid |
| Tikiodon | T. cromptoni | A single postcanine tooth | A mammaliamorph |
| Tikitherium | T. copei | A single molar | A mammaliaform related to Docodonta |
| Cynodontia indet. | | | |

### Other fossils

**Reptiles**

* Colossosuchus techniensis
* Hyperodapedon huxleyi
* H. tikiensis
* Parasuchus hislopi
* Tikisuchus romeri
* Volcanosuchus statisticae
* Ornithischia indet.
* Phytosauria indet.
* Pseudosuchia indet.
* Sphenodontia indet.
* Theropoda indet.

**Amphibians**

* Eodiscoglossus sp.
* Compsocerops tikiensis
* Metoposaurus sp.

**Fish**

* Cladodus sp.
* Lissodus duffini
* Parvodus tikiensis
* Actinopterygii indet.
* Coelacanthidae indet.

**Flora**

* Baiera sp.
* Dicroidium sp.
* Elatocladus sp.
* Lepidopteris sp.
* Pagiophyllum sp.
* Sphenobaiera sp.
* Xylopteris sp.
* Yabeiella sp.

## Correlations

The Tiki Formation is considered a temporal equivalent of the Lower Maleri Formation. The majority of the Tiki Formation correlates with the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina, the upper part of the Santa Maria Formation, and the overlying lower Caturrita Formation of Brazil, the Isalo II Beds of Madagascar, Lossiemouth Sandstone of Scotland, and the lower Tecovas Formation of the Chinle Group of North America.

