Kachchh L 16: Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus labadeyi
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae indet. Swainson 1840
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832
1 individual
Bivalvia
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884
1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Trigonia) sp. Bruguiere 1789
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomyidae indet. King 1844
1 individual
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) lirata (Sowerby 1818)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arcticidae indet. Newton 1891
20 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) striatula Sowerby 1829
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
Quenstedtia sp. Morris 1854
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceratomya wimmisensis (Gillieron 1886)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima sp. Vokes 1945
1 individual
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
16 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Indogrammatodon virgatus
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus
4 individuals
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) sp. Meek and Hayden 1860
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
3 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi (Roemer 1836)
7 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) laminatus (Sowerby 1818)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula wandaensis
1 individual
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus glendayi
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula stoliczkai
2 individuals
Palaeonucula cuneiformis (Sowerby 1840)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana
9 individuals
Mesosaccella indica
2 individuals
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia paleta
1 individual
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
Secondary lithology: unlithified calcareous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: silty micrite concretions/calcareous siltstone
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:67401
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-19 08:47:10 Last modified:2017-08-04 12:05:25
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-11-19 08:47:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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