Kachchh L 25: Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
3 individuals
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula (Cycloserpula) sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 individuals
Serpula (Tetraserpula) sp. Linnaeus 1758
2 individuals
Serpula (Dorsoserpula) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
5 individuals
Cephalopoda
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884
4 individuals
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus sp. Gabb 1869
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904
1 individual
Dicroloma sp. Gabb 1868
1 individual
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana
22 individuals
Mesosaccella indica
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma wynnei
5 individuals
Palaeonucula menkii
9 individuals
Palaeonucula cuneiformis (Sowerby 1840)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia (Cultriopsis) aff. dundriensis
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi (Roemer 1836)
40 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760
1 individual
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum (Sowerby 1816)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
29 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904
1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus
4 individuals
Indogrammatodon virgatus
5 individuals
spelled with current rank as Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum (Sowerby 1840)
16 individuals
recombined as Costentolium partitum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) sp. Beyrich 1845
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900
10 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya sp. Agassiz 1842
2 individuals
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata Sowerby 1837
1 individual
recombined as Homomya inornata
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromyopsis (Mactromyopsis) cf. hemirhytideus
7 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina sp. Fischer 1887
1 individual
Nicaniella pisiformis
43 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: unlithified argillaceous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: argillaceous 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:67548
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:F. Fursich
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-11-23 06:46:14 Last modified:2017-08-04 12:05:42
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-11-23 06:46:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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