Kachchh L 31 (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, concretionary, argillaceous, sandy siltstone

• argillaceous, finesandy silt with levels of Fe-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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 67579: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 26.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira)
"Ampullospira sp." = Ampullina (Ampullospira) Harris 1897 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
"Actaeonina (Striactaeonina) sp." = Acteonina
"Actaeonina (Striactaeonina) sp." = Acteonina d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Pietteia sp. Cossmann 1904 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sp." = Cosmetodon, Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus, "Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sp." = Cosmetodon Branson 1942 clam
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod