Kachchh Ku 2 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 33.4° E)

When: Kaladongar Formation, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, silty, calcareous sandstone

• calcareous, silty, fine sandstone

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 68274: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Manja Hethke on 13.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia waltoni Lycett 1863 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Indocorbula lyrata Sowerby 1840 clam
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsidae indet. Gray 1847 snail