Kachchh Katrol Group (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° S, 33.3° E)

When: Katrol Formation, Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, sandy siltstone

• fine sandy siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: W. Waagen. 1875. Jurassic fauna of Kutch, the Cephalopoda. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 9. Memoir 1(2-4):23-247 [P. Scofield/P. Scofield]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234313: authorized by Paul Scofield, entered by Paul Scofield on 28.03.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Aspidoceras binodiferum n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite
Aspidoceras iphiceroides n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite
Aspidoceras monacanthum n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctes pottingeri Sowerby 1840 ammonite
Perisphinctes sparsiplicatus n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite
Perisphinctes euplocus n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite
Perisphinctes katrolensis n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite
Perisphinctes alterneplicatus n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Perisphinctes bathyplocus n. sp." = Pachysphinctes bathyplocus Waagen 1875 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Harpoceras kobelli Oppel 1863 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
"Oppelia trachynota" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) trachinotum, "Oppelia plicodiscus n. sp." = Streblites plicodiscus, Oppelia kachhensis n. sp., Oppelia plana n. sp.
"Oppelia trachynota" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) trachinotum Oppel 1863 ammonite
"Oppelia plicodiscus n. sp." = Streblites plicodiscus Waagen 1875 ammonite
Oppelia kachhensis n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite
Oppelia plana n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
Haploceras deplanatum n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite
Haploceras propinquum n. sp. Waagen 1875 ammonite