Kachchh J 4 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° S, 33.3° E)

When: Jumara Coral Limestone Mb Member (Jhurio Formation), Early/Lower Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, argillaceous wackestone

• argillaceous biomicrite, wackestone

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 63214: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 09.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae