PBDB Collection

Habo (=Chari) beds east of Ler, Central Unit, Bed 7, Kutch (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.2° N, 69.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 32.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Habo beds Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• beds No. 3 to 16 can be grouped into Reineckeia Beds of Callovian age

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: focus on ammonoids and bivalves

Primary reference: S. K. Agrawal and R. P. Kachhara. 1979. Habo Beds near Ler (Kutch): Pt. 3 - Biostratigraphy of the beds on the east of Ler. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, Part A: Physical Sciences 45(2):129-146 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68667: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 02.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

• The rich collection of megafossils from the east of Ler consists of over 1800 specimens of bivalves and 600 of ammonoids. About 300 individuals of the former and 360 of the latter have been left out due to their bad preservation.

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Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae	Reineckeia (? Reineckeia) sp. Reineckeia (? Reineckeia) sp. ammonite
Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae	Orionoides cf. purpurus Orionoides cf. purpurus ammonite
Bivalvia
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Palaeonucula cuneiformis Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Modiolus (Modiolus) agrawali Modiolus (Modiolus) agrawali mussel sp. nov.
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Rastellum (Arctostrea) eruca Rastellum (Arctostrea) eruca oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana "Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Ostreida - Bakevelliidae	Bakevellia sp. Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster B. (s.l.) sp.
Pectinida - Limidae	Pseudolimea kanjilali Pseudolimea kanjilali file clam sp. nov.
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop listed as E. corneolus
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	"Eopecten aubryi" = Eopecten velatus, Chlamys (Chlamys) curvivarians, Chlamys (Chlamys) chiplonkari, Camptonectes (Camptonectes) cf. indicus, Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus "Eopecten aubryi" = Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop Chlamys (Chlamys) curvivarians Dietrich 1933 scallop Chlamys (Chlamys) chiplonkari scallop sp. nov. Camptonectes (Camptonectes) cf. indicus scallop Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus clam
Arcida - Arcidae	"Arca (Eonavicula) chaudharii" = Eonavicula "Arca (Eonavicula) chaudharii" = Eonavicula clam sp. nov.
Trigoniida - Trigoniidae	Trigonia (Trigonia) haboensis, Trigonia (Trigonia) nitida, Trigonia (Trigonia) brevicostata Trigonia (Trigonia) haboensis clam incl. 1 specimen of T. (T.) haboensis narayani subsp. nov. Trigonia (Trigonia) nitida clam Trigonia (Trigonia) brevicostata clam
Lucinida - Mactromyidae	Mactromyopsis (Mactromyopsis) raii Mactromyopsis (Mactromyopsis) raii clam sp. nov.
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Homomya krishnakanti Homomya krishnakanti clam sp. nov.
Pholadida - Ceratomyidae	Ceratomya sp. Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864 clam
Cardiida - Sowerbyidae	Sowerbya truncata Sowerbya truncata clam
Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae	Tellurimya rogeri Tellurimya rogeri clam sp. nov.
Carditida - Astartidae	Neocrassina (Coelastarte) cf. rectangula, Nicaniella (Nicaniella) singhi Neocrassina (Coelastarte) cf. rectangula clam Nicaniella (Nicaniella) singhi clam sp. nov.