Kachchh F8 (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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 61530: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 16.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratulidae indet.
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840
originally entered as "Terebratulidae sp."
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Tetraserpula sp.
Tetraserpula sp. Parsch 1956
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet.
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet.
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana, Mesosaccella indica
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma wynnei, Palaeonucula cuneiformis
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula wandaensis, Plagiostoma sp.
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis fibrosa
Placunopsis fibrosa Laube 1867 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia (Cultriopsis) aff. dundriensis
 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
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Eonavicula) bisulcata
Arca (Eonavicula) bisulcata Kanjilal 1980 clam
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet.
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
fragment [originally entered as "Crustacea sp."]