Kachchh H 11: Callovian, India

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Mesosaccella indica
4 individuals
Praesaccella juriana
9 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula stoliczkai
1 individual
Palaeonucula cuneiformis (Sowerby 1840)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella pisiformis
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Indocorbula sp.
1 individual
Corbulomima macneillii Morris 1900
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) striatula Sowerby 1829
31 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus
9 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus (Schlotheim 1813)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
4 individuals
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
encr. wood (1)
Bivalvia - Pterioida
Cingentolium (Cingentolium) partitum (Sowerby 1840)
1 individual
recombined as Costentolium partitum
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Pseudomelania (Oonia) sp. ()
1 individual
Gastropoda - Procerithiidae
Procerithium (Clathrobaculus) sp. Cossmann 1902
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Quadrinervus sp. Cossmann 1904
11 individuals
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Amberleya sp. Morris and Lycett 1851
1 individual
sp. A
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonelloidella brevicostata
2 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:concretionary lithified calcareous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: calcareous siltstone concretions, laminated, with erosive base
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:68593
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:M. Hethke
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-01-29 07:35:19 Last modified:2017-08-04 12:26:20
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-29 07:35:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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