Kachchh Hb I: Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae
Septirhynchia aff. puldra
3 individuals
encr. with Nanog. (1)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Kutchithyris ingluviosa (Kitchin 1900)
12 individuals
Kutchithyris euryptycha (Kitchin 1900)
4 individuals
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula (Tetraserpula) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
7 individuals
Cephalopoda
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884
13 individuals
bored by cirrip. (6)
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Riselloidea tagorei
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Calliotropis (Riselloidea)
Gastropoda - Ataphridae
Ataphrus labadeyi
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia cf. eparcyensis
6 individuals
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis (Sowerby 1840)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta sp. Etallon 1862
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) curvivarians (Dietrich 1933)
1 individual
Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
1 individual
recombined as Chlamys textoria
Spondylopecten (Spondylopecten) palinurus (d'Orbigny 1850)
1 individual
Eopecten velatus (Goldfuss 1833)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
4 individuals
Plagiostoma schimperi
1 individual
Ctenostreon proboscideum (Sowerby 1820)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum (Young and Bird 1828)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella siliqua
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria polyodon
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
1 individual
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
bored by ctenostones (4) Atreta (5)
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904
1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus
4 individuals
Indogrammatodon virgatus
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha texta
4 individuals
abraded
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) striatula Sowerby 1829
1 individual
Protocardia (Protocardia) sp. Beyrich 1845
3 individuals
Protocardia (Protocardia) lycetti
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata Sowerby 1837
1 individual
recombined as Homomya inornata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina subdepressa
35 individuals
some very worn; encr. (6) serp (4)
Coelopis deshayesi
1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Trigonia) elongata
3 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:ferruginous,pebbly,ooidal,shelly/skeletal lithified argillaceous wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Fe-oolitic argill. biomicrite with reworked and bored pebbles
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:68078
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:M. Hethke
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-01-02 06:00:48 Last modified:2017-08-04 12:12:47
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-02 06:00:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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