Kachchh F7 (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, argillaceous, sandy siltstone

• finesandy argillaceous 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 61528: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 16.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet.
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
fragments [originally entered as "Crustacea sp."]
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet.
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
"Actaeonina (Striactaeonina) sp." = Acteonina
"Actaeonina (Striactaeonina) sp." = Acteonina d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Spinigera sp.
Spinigera sp. d'Orbigny 1852 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Procerithium sp.
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 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
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon), Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii, Indocorbula sp.
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp.
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica, Praesaccella juriana
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma wynnei, Palaeonucula menkii, Palaeonucula cuneiformis
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam