Kachchh L 35b: 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 (Cycloserpula) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
6 individuals
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Gastropoda - Nododelphinulidae
Metriomphalus (Metriacanthus) lyelli
1 individual
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904
1 individual
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania (Oonia) sp. ()
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana
12 individuals
Praesaccella calloviensis
1 individual
Mesosaccella indica
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma wynnei
1 individual
Palaeonucula cuneiformis (Sowerby 1840)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi (Roemer 1836)
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
1 individual
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon jurianus
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum (Sowerby 1840)
49 individuals
recombined as Costentolium partitum
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900
17 individuals
Indocorbula sp.
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata Sowerby 1837
1 individual
recombined as Homomya inornata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
7 individuals
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789
3 individuals
Bivalvia
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884
1 individual
originally entered as "Heterodonta sp."
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 siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: finesandy silt, with finesand intercalations, some plant debris, shell debris (a)
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:61674
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-06-22 07:45:35 Last modified:2017-08-04 11:44:13
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-06-22 07:45:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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