Kachchh H 32 (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, fine-grained, sandy siltstone

• fine sandy silt with thin ripple-bedded fine sand intercalations

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 68393: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Manja Hethke on 19.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
"Actaeonina (Striactaeonina) sp." = Acteonina
"Actaeonina (Striactaeonina) sp." = Acteonina d'Orbigny 1850 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica, Praesaccella juriana
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) striatula
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
partly only 5-7 mm
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula wandaensis
Limatula wandaensis file clam
3 mm
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet.
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite