Umia, Kutch, Bhuj Formation, Ghuneri Member (Cretaceous of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.7° N, 69.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° S, 33.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ghuneri Member (Bhuj Formation), Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 Ma)

• basal part of the member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified sandstone

• gritty sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Rudra and S. Bardhan. 2006. Status of "Trigonia ventricosa" (Bivalvia) from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of Kutch, western India: Kitchin's unfinished synthesis. Cretaceous Research 27:611-628 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64624: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Pisotrigonia umiensis n. sp." = Pterotrigonia
"Pisotrigonia umiensis n. sp." = Pterotrigonia clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Indotrigonia beyschlagi Müller 1900 clam
Opisthotrigonia retrorsa Kitchin 1903 clam
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae