Kachchh L 16 (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, silty lime mudstone and unlithified, calcareous siltstone

• silty micrite concretions/calcareous siltstone

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 67401: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 19.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Ataphrus labadeyi
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae indet.
Pleurotomariidae indet. Swainson 1840 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis sp.
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica, Praesaccella juriana
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula stoliczkai, Palaeonucula cuneiformis
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus glendayi
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp.
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula wandaensis
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) laminatus
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon), Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus, Grammatodon (Grammatodon) sp.
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Trigonia) sp.
Trigonia (Trigonia) sp. Bruguiere 1789 clam
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet.
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomyidae indet., Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) lirata
Pholadomyidae indet. King 1844 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp., Corbulomima macneillii
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945 clam
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis
Ceratomya wimmisensis Gillieron 1886 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arcticidae indet.
Arcticidae indet. Newton 1891 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) striatula
 Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
Quenstedtia sp.
Quenstedtia sp. Morris 1854 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia paleta