Kachchh Jr 11 (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; unlithified, argillaceous, sandy siltstone

• argillaceous, fine-sandy 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 63063: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 04.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Cuphotifer sp. Piette 1876 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullospira aff. coxi" = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira aff. coxi" = Ampullina (Ampullospira) snail
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Dacryomya lacryma" = Leda lacryma
"Dacryomya lacryma" = Leda lacryma Sowerby 1824 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819 scallop