Kachchh HW 3 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.4° S, 33.0° E)

When: Dhosa Sandstone Member (Chari Formation), Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 63530: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 16.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae