Kachchh L 27A (Jurassic of India)

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

When: Chari Formation, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, argillaceous siltstone

• argillaceous silt, partly thin Bositra pavements

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 68502: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Manja Hethke on 24.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Zygopleura sp.
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) sp.
Protocardia (Protocardia) sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica, Praesaccella juriana
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet.
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite