Kachchh Le 6: Late/Upper Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883
1 individual
originally entered as "Terebratulida sp."
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula (Pentaserpula) sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 individuals
Serpula (Dorsoserpula) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus glendayi
1 individual
Inoperna sowerbiana (Danise et al. 2019)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum (Sowerby 1840)
49 individuals
recombined as Costentolium partitum
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon jurianus
7 individuals
Indogrammatodon virgatus
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904
2 individuals
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
4 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum (Sowerby 1816)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna mitis Zieten 1830
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria polyodon
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella siliqua
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus (Schlotheim 1813)
8 individuals
Chlamys textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis fibrosa Laube 1867
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta jumaraensis
3 individuals
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya intersectans
2 individuals
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata Sowerby 1837
2 individuals
recombined as Homomya inornata
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia nitida
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula menkii
2 individuals
Palaeonucula cuneiformis (Sowerby 1840)
5 individuals
Cephalopoda
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884
6 individuals
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
2 individuals
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
1 individual
originally entered as "Gastropoda sp."
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathildia venusta
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:India County:Kachchh
Coordinates: 23.5° North, 70.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.1° South, 33.1° East
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chari
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: finesandy siltstone with calc. siltstone concretions
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:rift
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion,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:61558
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-06-19 06:36:51 Last modified:2006-06-19 09:36:51
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-06-19 06:36:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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