Where: Gujarat, India (23.7° N, 69.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 38.1° S, 45.0° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ghuneri Member (Bhuj Formation), Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)
• basal part of the member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Rudra and S. Bardhan. 2006. Status of "Trigonia ventricosa" (Bivalvia) from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of Kutch, western India: Kitchin's unfinished synthesis. Cretaceous Research 27:611-628 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 64624: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.09.2006
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Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gervillella anceps oyster | |
"Pisotrigonia umiensis n. sp." = Pterotrigonia
"Pisotrigonia umiensis n. sp." = Pterotrigonia clam | |
Opisthotrigonia retrorsa Kitchin 1903 clam
Indotrigonia beyschlagi Müller 1900 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Pleurotomaria (Indomaria) umiensis n. sp., Bathrotomaria brihattama n. sp.
Pleurotomaria (Indomaria) umiensis n. sp. snail
Bathrotomaria brihattama n. sp. snail |