Kachchh H 4 (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, ferruginous, shelly/skeletal siltstone

• ferruginous siltstone, shelly with reworked 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 63240: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 09.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
Terebratulida indet.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet.
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet.
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella calloviensis, Mesosaccella indica
Praesaccella calloviensis pointed nut clam
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp.
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon erucum
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Liostrea sp.
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus, "Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia (Anisocardia) sp.
Anisocardia (Anisocardia) sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina spitiensis, Nicaniella pisiformis
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Trigonia) elongata