Kachchh L 38: Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884
8 individuals
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
8 individuals
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Indogrammatodon virgatus
2 individuals
spelled with current rank as Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus
10 individuals
Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sp. Branson 1942
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Cosmetodon
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta sp. Etallon 1862
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta (Acesta) jumaraensis
3 individuals
Limatula wandaensis
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus (Schlotheim 1813)
10 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella siliqua
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria polyodon
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Trichites indicus
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon marshi (Sowerby 1814)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
6 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna khadirensis
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum (Sowerby 1840)
75 individuals
recombined as Costentolium partitum
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium aceste
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) lirata (Sowerby 1818)
9 individuals
4 in life pos.
Goniomya sp. Agassiz 1842
4 individuals
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata Sowerby 1837
9 individuals
recombined as Homomya inornata
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia viceliacensis d'Orbigny 1850
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
11 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata (d'Orbigny 1822)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia (Antiquicyprina) sp. (Casey 1952)
2 individuals
original and current combination Antiquicyprina
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella extensa
1 individual
Bivalvia
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma wynnei
3 individuals
Palaeonucula menkii
2 individuals
Palaeonucula stoliczkai
1 individual
Palaeonucula cuneiformis (Sowerby 1840)
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana
3 individuals
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
2 individuals
originally entered as "Rhynchonellida sp."
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Kutchithyris ingluviosa (Kitchin 1900)
4 individuals
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:166.10000 - 163.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chari
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: fine-grained sandstone with wood fragments
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:61542
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-06-16 06:26:54 Last modified:2017-08-04 11:43:40
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-06-16 06:26:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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