Kachchh Jr 63 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° S, 33.1° E)

When: Chari Formation, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified siltstone

• 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 61733: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 26.06.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula (Tetraserpula) sp., Serpula (Dorsoserpula) sp., Serpula (Cycloserpula) sp.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus actaeus
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Cryptaulax sp.
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon jurianus, "Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma wynnei
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
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