Kachchh J 52 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° S, 33.1° E)

When: Chari Formation, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, concretionary, ferruginous, sandy siltstone

• ferruginous finesandy silt with silty micrite 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 67559: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 23.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis socialis Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) lirata Sowerby 1818 clam
in life pos. (1)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya aequalis Agassiz 1843 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam