Kachchh K 6 (Jurassic of India)

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

When: Chari Formation, Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, ooidal, silty wackestone

• Fe-oolitic silty micrite

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 61823: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 03.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
Quenstedtia sp. Morris 1854 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."