Kachchh L 34 (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 with much minute shell debris

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 68550: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Manja Hethke on 26.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica pointed nut clam
Praesaccella calloviensis pointed nut clam
Praesaccella juriana pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pterioida -
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum
"Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum" = Costentolium partitum Sowerby 1840 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite