Kachchh J 45a (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; unlithified, argillaceous siltstone

• argillaceous 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 67400: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 19.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Procerithium sp. Cossmann 1902 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail
Bivalvia
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
"Dacryomya lacryma" = Leda lacryma Sowerby 1824 pointed nut clam
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Rollieria sp. Cossmann 1920 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam