Kachchh Jr 60b (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; lithified sandstone

• fine-grained sandstone

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 61876: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 06.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia frustriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
life pos. (90)
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
e.g. Hubertoceras [originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."]
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Kolymiidae
"Parainoceramus nitescens" = Kolymia
"Parainoceramus nitescens" = Kolymia clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Stegoconcha gmuelleri Krenkel 1910 oyster
life pos. (3)
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon erucum oyster
encr. by serp., oyster (3)
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) lirata Sowerby 1818 clam
life pos. (4)
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
life pos. (2) [originally entered as "Heterodonta sp."]
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Kallirhynchia versabilis" = Burmirhynchia versabilis, Kallirhynchia cf. fornix
"Kallirhynchia versabilis" = Burmirhynchia versabilis Kitchin 1910
Kallirhynchia cf. fornix Kitchin 1900
encr. (1) Nanogyra
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Kutchithyris hypsogonia Kitchin 1900
nests, encr. (1) Dorsoserp.
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Dorsoserpula sp. Parsch 1956
sp. A, forming knots, free-living
 Serpulimorpha -
Tetraserpula sp. Parsch 1956