Kachchh J 2: Early/Lower Bathonian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
1 individual
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum (Sowerby 1840)
2 individuals
recombined as Costentolium partitum
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sp. Branson 1942
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Cosmetodon
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907
87 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
1 individual
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum (Sowerby 1816)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
4 individuals
recombined as Chlamys textoria
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma bhattii
5 individuals
with grazing traces
Plagiostoma cardiiforme
6 individuals
Plagiostoma subcardiiforme
4 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Kutchithyris propinqua (Kitchin 1900)
5 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae
Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima (Kitchin 1900)
2 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:India County:Kachchh
Coordinates: 23.5° North, 70.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.6° South, 33.2° East
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Bathonian
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 165.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jhurio Member:Jumara Coral Limestone Mb
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: biomicrite, wackestone with thin tempestites
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:63228
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-09 09:01:30 Last modified:2017-08-04 11:53:15
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-08-09 09:01:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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