Kachchh L 39 (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, bioturbated, silty sandstone

• silty finesand, heavily bioturbated

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 61556: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 19.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp.
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata" = Homomya inornata
"Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata" = Homomya inornata Sowerby 1837 clam
in life pos.
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna khadirensis
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp.
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula wandaensis
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon), Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet.
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."