Kachchh Jr 71 (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, argillaceous, sandy siltstone

• finesandy, argillaceous silt with much fine shell debris

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 67582: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 26.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna mitis Zieten 1830 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae