Kachchh Ja 28t (lower half): Early/Lower Oxfordian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
1 individual
originally entered as "Ammonitida sp."
Cephalopoda
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884
13 individuals
originally entered as "Belemnoidea sp."
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata Sowerby 1837
1 individual
recombined as Homomya inornata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha sp. Sowerby 1824
1 individual
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium sp. d'Orbigny 1850
1 individual
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina subdepressa
14 individuals
Trigonastarte minima
1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Trigonia) brevicostata
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus (Schlotheim 1813)
2 individuals
Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
2 individuals
recombined as Chlamys textoria
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma obscurum
1 individual
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
1 individual
Plicatula badiensis
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella siliqua
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria polyodon
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon marshi (Sowerby 1814)
15 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
3 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Gryphaea (Catinula) stoliczkai
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum (Sowerby 1840)
2 individuals
recombined as Costentolium partitum
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Daghanirhynchia sp. Muir-Wood 1935
3 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Kutchithyris ingluviosa (Kitchin 1900)
1 individual
juveniles
Kutchithyris euryptycha (Kitchin 1900)
89 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:India County:Kachchh
Coordinates: 23.5° North, 70.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.4° South, 33.0° East
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Oxfordian
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chari Member:Dhosa Oolite
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,ferruginous lithified argillaceous,silty packstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: argillaceous, silty Fe-oolitic biomicrite (packstone), bioturbated
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:63537
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-08-16 05:19:05 Last modified:2023-01-29 17:03:21
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-16 05:19:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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