Kachchh Jr 11: Early/Lower Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullospira aff. coxi
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Ampullina (Ampullospira)
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Cuphotifer sp. Piette 1876
1 individual
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus actaeus
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Dacryomya lacryma (Sowerby 1824)
2 individuals
recombined as Leda lacryma
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma wynnei
24 individuals
Palaeonucula stoliczkai
1 individual
Palaeonucula cuneiformis (Sowerby 1840)
48 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900
1 individual
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata (d'Orbigny 1822)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella extensa
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum (Sowerby 1816)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
7 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Gryphaea (Bilobissa) alimena
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: unlithified argillaceous,sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: argillaceous, fine-sandy silt
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:63063
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-04 02:20:33 Last modified:2006-08-04 05:20:34
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-08-04 02:20:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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