Kachchh C 12a (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; lithified, concretionary, silty lime mudstone

• silty micrite concretions

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion, 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 62055: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 11.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Trigonia) elongata
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata" = Homomya inornata
"Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata" = Homomya inornata Sowerby 1837 clam
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet.
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Bathrotomaria cf. reticulata
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Cycloserpula intestinalis
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
Rhynchonellida indet.
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
originally entered as "Rhynchonellida sp."
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonelloidella brevicostata
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Terebratula breviplicata" = Kutchithyris breviplicata, Kutchithyris ingluviosa
"Terebratula breviplicata" = Kutchithyris breviplicata Kitchin 1900
bored (1) `Talpina; encr. (28) Dorsos; life pos. (c)