Kachchh Kh 8 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° S, 33.1° E)

When: Chari Formation, Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; sandy grainstone

• finesandy grainstone

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 68384: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Manja Hethke on 19.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
Ctenostreon proboscideum Sowerby 1820 file clam
encr. (1), bored (1)
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
encr. (1)
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
encr. (3), bored (1)
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam