Kachchh H 14: Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869
1 individual
Ataphrus actaeus
1 individual
Gastropoda - Cryptaulacidae
Cryptaulax sp.
8 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula stoliczkai
1 individual
Palaeonucula cuneiformis (Sowerby 1840)
1 individual
Nuculoma wynnei
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica
4 individuals
Praesaccella juriana
8 individuals
Bivalvia
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
11 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900
7 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum (Sowerby 1840)
21 individuals
recombined as Costentolium partitum
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus
4 individuals
Indogrammatodon virgatus
4 individuals
spelled with current rank as Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi (Roemer 1836)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. pygmaea
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
16 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula wandaensis
2 individuals
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
1 individual
recombined as Chlamys textoria
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonelloidella brevicostata
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:India County:Kachchh
Coordinates: 23.5° North, 70.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.8° South, 33.2° East
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chari
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandy,calcareous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: finesandy marly silt, plant debris
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:rift
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Articulated whole bodies:many
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:61521
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-06-16 03:25:45 Last modified:2017-08-04 11:42:39
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-06-16 03:25:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17728. F.T. Fürsich. 2006. Unpublished data from Kachchh. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/F. Fursich]