Kachchh KD 3 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 33.4° E)

When: Kaladongar Formation, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithology not reported

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 68597: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Manja Hethke on 29.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Kallirhynchia versabilis" = Burmirhynchia versabilis
"Kallirhynchia versabilis" = Burmirhynchia versabilis Kitchin 1910
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Carditida - Astartidae
Opinae indet. Chavan 1952 clam
originally entered as "Opinae sp."
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam