Kachchh H 14 (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, sandy, calcareous siltstone

• finesandy marly silt, plant debris

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 61521: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 16.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonelloidella brevicostata
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp., Ataphrus actaeus
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Cryptaulax sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana, Mesosaccella indica
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma wynnei, Palaeonucula stoliczkai, Palaeonucula cuneiformis
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula wandaensis, Plagiostoma sp.
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. pygmaea
Pteria cf. pygmaea pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus, "Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet.
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam