Kachchh JA: Early/Lower Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
1 individual
root [originally entered as "Crinoidea sp."]
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae
Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima (Kitchin 1900)
8 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Kutchithyris jumarensis
3 individuals
Kutchithyris aurata (Kitchin 1900)
2 individuals
synonym of Kutchithyris propinqua
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821
1 individual
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Cycloserpula sp. Parsch 1956
2 individuals
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Dorsoserpula sp. Parsch 1956
5 individuals
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
1 individual
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
Cephalopoda
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884
5 individuals
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832
1 individual
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956
1 individual
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus actaeus
1 individual
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Purpurina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula stoliczkai
1 individual
Palaeonucula cuneiformis (Sowerby 1840)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
1 individual
encr. (1) Serp.
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus (Schlotheim 1813)
2 individuals
Eopecten velatus (Goldfuss 1833)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
71 individuals
encr. by Serp. (a)
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814
1 individual
Plagiostoma punctatum Sowerby 1818
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula peregrina
45 individuals
bored (12), encr. (11) Serp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum (Sowerby 1816)
22 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
14 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904
1 individual
Gryphaea (Bilobissa) alimena
2 individuals
encr. (1) Dorsoserp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Indogrammatodon virgatus
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Integricardium brahmai
3 individuals
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829
1 individual
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata (d'Orbigny 1822)
3 individuals
bored (1)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Sphaeriola crassicostata d'Orbigny 1850
1 individual
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Opis (Trigonopsis) similis
1 individual
encr. (1) Serp.
Coelastarte sp. (Boehm 1893)
1 individual
reassigned as Neocrassina (Coelastarte)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Vaugonia (Orthotrigonia) gracilis (Kitchin 1900)
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:Early/Lower Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chari
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: echinoid packstone
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:61816
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-07-03 06:25:38 Last modified:2006-07-03 09:25:38
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-07-03 06:25:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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