Kachchh Jr 23 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.8° S, 33.2° E)

When: Chari Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified siltstone

• silt

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F.T. Fürsich. 2006. Unpublished data from Kachchh. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/F. Fursich]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68554: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Manja Hethke on 26.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica, "Dacryomya lacryma" = Leda lacryma
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
"Dacryomya lacryma" = Leda lacryma Sowerby 1824 pointed nut clam