Kachchh H 30 (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; lithified, ferruginous, pebbly, ooidal, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous wackestone

• Fe-oolitic argill. biomicrite with reworked and bored pebbles

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 68079: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Manja Hethke on 02.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Clypeidae
Pygurus (Mepygurus) sp. Pomel 1883 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Trigonia) sp. Bruguiere 1789 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria polyodon pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae