Jatara Talab (Jurassic of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.8° N, 69.8° E: paleocoordinates 22.5° S, 33.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous limestone

Primary reference: A. K. Jaitly and C.S.P. Singh. 1983. A new species of Pronoella Fisher (Bivalvia) from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) rocks of Kaladongar, Pachchham Island, Kachchh. Journal of the Geological Society of India 24(9):476-478 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46470: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 13.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Gracilisphinctes sp." = Procerites
"Gracilisphinctes sp." = Procerites Siemiradzki 1898 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina sp. Fischer 1887 clam
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam