Kachchh L 36: Late/Upper Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula (Cycloserpula) sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
3 individuals
Cephalopoda
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884
2 individuals
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Praesaccella juriana
7 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Rollieria cf. meriani
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma wynnei
3 individuals
Palaeonucula menkii
4 individuals
Palaeonucula stoliczkai
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) inornata Sowerby 1837
1 individual
recombined as Homomya inornata
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) lirata (Sowerby 1818)
3 individuals
Arcomya sp. Agassiz 1838
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900
13 individuals
Indocorbula sp.
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina boonei
1 individual
Isocyprina simplex
1 individual
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882
1 individual
Anisocardia (Anisocardia) sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sowerbyidae
? Sowerbya sp. d'Orbigny 1850
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) lodraniensis
3 individuals
Protocardia (Protocardia) sp. Beyrich 1845
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Unicardium aceste
1 individual
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
1 individual
Bivalvia
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884
1 individual
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna khadirensis
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eopecten velatus (Goldfuss 1833)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula wandaensis
1 individual
Pseudolimea duplicata (Sowerby 1814)
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Bositra buchi (Roemer 1836)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia waltoni (Lycett 1863)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. pygmaea
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
1 individual
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus
5 individuals
Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sp. Branson 1942
1 individual
spelled with current rank as Cosmetodon
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum (Sowerby 1840)
3 individuals
recombined as Costentolium partitum
see common names

Geography
Country:India County:Kachchh
Coordinates: 23.5° North, 70.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.1° South, 33.1° East
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Callovian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chari
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified sandy,calcareous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: finesandy, calc. siltstone, shelly
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:68385
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:M. Hethke
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-01-19 03:51:59 Last modified:2007-01-19 05:51:59
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-19 03:51:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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