Kachchh C 12a: Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
1 individual
originally entered as "Rhynchonellida sp."
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonelloidella brevicostata
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Kutchithyris ingluviosa (Kitchin 1900)
1 individual
Terebratula breviplicata Kitchin 1900
157 individuals
recombined as Kutchithyris breviplicata
bored (1) `Talpina; encr. (28) Dorsos; life pos. (c)
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Cycloserpula intestinalis
1 individual
Cephalopoda
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884
2 individuals
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Bathrotomaria cf. reticulata
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata (d'Orbigny 1822)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata Sowerby 1837
1 individual
recombined as Homomya inornata
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Trigonia) elongata
2 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:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chari
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary lithified silty lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: silty micrite 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:62055
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-07-11 04:41:01 Last modified:2017-08-04 11:47:24
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-07-11 04:41:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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