Kachchh Jr 23 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 28.0° S, 45.7° E (Wright 2013)

When: Chari Formation, Callovian (165.3 - 161.5 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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

Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Dacryomya lacryma" = Leda lacryma, Mesosaccella indica
"Dacryomya lacryma" = Leda lacryma Sowerby 1824 pointed nut clam
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
Nuculoma wynnei nut clam
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
 Ammonitida -
Ammonitida indet. Haeckel 1866 ammonite