Kachchh Jn 4b (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 siltstone

• 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 67568: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 24.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Trigonia) sp. Bruguiere 1789 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. pygmaea pearl oyster
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae