Chaasra Fm. (Miocene of India)

Where: India (23.4° N, 68.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 67.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. K. Guha and K. Gopikrishna. 2005. Diversity, evolution and paleoecology of the Tertiary bryozoan assemblages of western Kachchh, Gujarat, India. In H. I. Moyano, J. M. Cancino, P. N. Wyse Jackson (eds.), Bryozoan Studies 2004 107-118 [L. Liow/F. Franeck/F. Franeck]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178703: authorized by Lee Hsiang Liow, entered by Franziska Franeck on 12.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Thalamoporellidae
Thalamoporella wynnei Guha and Gopikrishna 2004
Thalamoporella vinjhanensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2004
Thalamoporella kachchhensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2004
Thalamoporella setosa Guha and Gopikrishna 2004
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Discoporella misrai Tewari et al. 1958
 Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
 Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
Steginoporella bhujensis Guha and Gipikrishna 2007
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Reptoporina chhasraensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Planicellaria naliyaensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
 Cheilostomata - Mamilloporidae
 Cheilostomata - Margarettidae
Margaretta fusiformis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
 Cheilostomata - Lanceoporidae
Calyptotheca aviculifera Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
 Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae
Cigclisula ramparensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
 Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Schizomavella decorata Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
 Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Parasmittina gujaratica Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Reteporella quadripora Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
Turbicellepora rostrata Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
 Cheilostomata - Cothurnicellidae
Crepis gurjarensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
 Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae
Nellia quadrangularis Tewari and Srivastava 1967
Nellia kutchensis Tewari and Srivastava 1967