Kachchh L 29 (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, ferruginous, argillaceous siltstone

• argillaceous silt with ferruginous 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 67580: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 26.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Echinoida -
Echinoida indet. Troschel 1872 sea urchin
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya sp. Agassiz 1842 clam
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod