Kachchh J 47 (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, concretionary, calcareous siltstone

• calcareous siltstone, concretionary

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: concretion, 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 68407: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Manja Hethke on 20.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis socialis Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya sp. Agassiz 1842 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia viceliacensis d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam