Jumara, Kachchh (Chari Fm.): Middle Callovian, India
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Strigoceratidae
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| "spp." | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Reineckeiidae
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Reineckeia anceps
(Reinecke 1818)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Perisphinctidae
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | India | State/province: | Gujarat | County: | Kachchh |
| Coordinates: | 23.7° North, 69.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.6° South, 45.6° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 1 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.3 - 161.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,gray,yellow sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "yellowish-grey" sandy facies with no bioturbation | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: warm water, shallow marine, part of a shoaling-upward sequence | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 53540 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-11 22:15:14 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-11 22:15:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14470. | ETE | S. K. Jana and S. S. Das. 2002. A report of a 157.8 m.y.-old dinosaur bone from the Jurassic marine Chari Formation, Kutch, Gujarat and its taphonomic significance. Current Science 82(1):85-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |