Keera Dome, Kachchh (Jurassic of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.4° N, 69.1° E: paleocoordinates 22.9° S, 32.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chari Formation, Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. K. Pandey and B. Lathuiliere. 1997. Variability in Epistreptophyllum from the Middle Jurassic of Kachchh, western India: an open question for the taxonomy of Mesozoic scleractinian corals. Journal of Paleontology 71(4):564-577 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77890: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Leptomaria daityai, Bathrotomaria buddhai, Bathrotomaria calloviana n. sp.
Leptomaria daityai Das et al. 2005 snail
Bathrotomaria buddhai Das et al. 2005 snail
Bathrotomaria calloviana n. sp. Das et al. 2005 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis
Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis Gregory 1900 stony coral