Jumara Dome, Kachchh, India (Jurassic of India)

Also known as Reef 527

Where: Kachchh, India (23.5° N, 69.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.2° S, 32.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Patcham Formation, Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified wackestone and lithified framestone

• Coral beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, peel or thin section,

• Data from coral layers A and B combined

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich, D. K. Pandey, W. Oschmann, A.K. Jaitly, and I.B. Singh. 1994. Ecology and adaptive strategies of corals in unfavourable environments: Examples from the Middle Jurassic of the Kachchh Basin, western India. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 194(2-3):269-303 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24050: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.07.2002, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

• Data from 9 samples
unclassified
  -
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Eudea sp. Lamouroux 1821 calcareous sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Cryptocoenia wegeneri" = Adelocoenia wegeneri Pandey and Fuersich 1993 stony coral
cf. Goniocora cf. socialis Roemer 1836 stony coral
Stylina kachensis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea propinqua Etallon 1864 stony coral
Isastrea hemisphaerica Gregory 1900 stony coral
Complexastrea kachensis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Montlivaltia frustriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Montlivaltia cornutiformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Montlivaltia obconica Münster 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
? Cladocora sp.2 Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Funginellidae
"Gregorycoenia magna" = Stephanaxocoenia magna
"Gregorycoenia magna" = Stephanaxocoenia magna Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Stibastrea structa Gregory 1900 stony coral
Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis3 Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
"Lophosmilia tenuicaulata" = Cymosmilia tenuicaulata
"Lophosmilia tenuicaulata" = Cymosmilia tenuicaulata Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria nicoleti Koby 1887 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Actinastrea bernensis" = Allocoeniopsis luciensis
"Actinastrea bernensis" = Allocoeniopsis luciensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia aff. sessilis Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Coelosmilia indica Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae
Craterastraea crateriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
"Kobya crassolamellosa" = Kobya crassolamellosa Gregory 1900 stony coral
"Kobya lenticulata" = Kobya crassolamellosa Gregory 1900 stony coral
Microsolena amorpha Gregory 1900 stony coral
Microsolena subturbinata Gregory 1900 stony coral
""Anabacia" acaulis" = Chomatoseris stony coral
"Dimorpharaea stellans" = Dimorpharaea stellans Gregory 1900 stony coral
"Dimorpharaea cf. orbica" = Dimorpharaea stellans Gregory 1900 stony coral
Tricycloseris triangularis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Trochoplegma tenuilamellosa Gregory 1900 stony coral
Trochoplegma aff. fungiformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Collignonastraea jumarensis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Collignonastraea aff. jumarensis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Periseris elegantula d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Periseris cf. renevieri Koby 1887 stony coral
Hydrozoa
  -
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
Insecta
 Neuroptera - Sisyridae
Neuropora sp. Khramov 2019 spongillafly
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Sabellidae
"Serpula (Cycloserpula) gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina
"Serpula (Cycloserpula) gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina Schlotheim 1820
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
""Terebratula" cf. acutiplicata" = Kutchithyris acutiplicata, ""Terebratula" planiconvexa" = Kutchithyris planiconvexa, ""Terebratula" pyroidea" = Kutchithyris pyroidea
""Terebratula" cf. acutiplicata" = Kutchithyris acutiplicata Kitchin 1900
""Terebratula" planiconvexa" = Kutchithyris planiconvexa Kitchin 1900
""Terebratula" pyroidea" = Kutchithyris pyroidea Kitchin 1900
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma cf. subcardiiformis Greppin 1867 file clam
Ctenostreon proboscideum Sowerby 1820 file clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Spondylopecten palinurus d'Orbigny 1850 scallop
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam
Opis (Trigonopis) sp. n. sp. Munier-Chalmas 1887 clam
Coelopis sp. Munier-Chalmas 1887 clam
Pressastarte sp. Zakharov 1970 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaeriola crassicostata d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Pietteia sp. Cossmann 1904 snail
? Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
? Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Serpula (Dorsoserpula) cf. lumbricalis" = Vermicularia lumbricalis
"Serpula (Dorsoserpula) cf. lumbricalis" = Vermicularia lumbricalis Linnaeus 1758 turret shell
 Trochoidea - Nododelphinulidae
Metriomphalus sp. Cossmann 1916 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Rimulopsis sp. Haber 1932 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Leptomaria asurai n. sp.1 Das et al. 2005 snail
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
"Isocrinites sp." = Isocrinus
"Isocrinites sp." = Isocrinus von Meyer 1836 Sea lily
 Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae
Pentacrinites sp. Blumenbach 1804 Sea lily
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin