Habo (=Chari) beds east of Ler, Eastern Unit, Bed 1, Kutch (Jurassic to of India)

Where: India (23.2° N, 69.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.7° S, 32.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Habo beds Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

• the youngest, bed No. 1, is Mebha Oolite and assigned to Callovo-Oxfordian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: focus on ammonoids and bivalves

Primary reference: S. K. Agrawal and R. P. Kachhara. 1979. Habo Beds near Ler (Kutch): Pt. 3 - Biostratigraphy of the beds on the east of Ler. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, Part A: Physical Sciences 45(2):129-146 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68644: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.02.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• The rich collection of megafossils from the east of Ler consists of over 1800 specimens of bivalves and 600 of ammonoids. About 300 individuals of the former and 360 of the latter have been left out due to their bad preservation.
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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) cf. inclusa, Lithophaga (Lithophaga) sp., Inoperna glendayi
Lithophaga (Lithophaga) sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) virgatus, Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) blakei, Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) cf. blakei, Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) sp., Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus, Grammatodon (Grammatodon) pandyai
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Eonavicula) chaudharii" = Eonavicula
"Arca (Eonavicula) chaudharii" = Eonavicula clam
sp. nov.
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) coxi
Inoceramus (Inoceramus) coxi Reyment 1955 clam
sp. nov.
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Catinula stoliczkai" = Gryphaea (Catinula), "Catinula alimena" = Gryphaea (Catinula), Gryphaea (Bilobissa) rathodi
"Catinula stoliczkai" = Gryphaea (Catinula) oyster
"Catinula alimena" = Gryphaea (Catinula) oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha (Actinostreon) gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum, "Lopha (Actinostreon) marshii" = Actinostreon marshi
"Lopha (Actinostreon) gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
"Lopha (Actinostreon) marshii" = Actinostreon marshi Sowerby 1814 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna stoliczkai
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia waltoni
Bakevellia waltoni Lycett 1863 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus, Eopecten sp., Chlamys (Chlamys) cf. subarticulatus, Chlamys (Chlamys) subtextoria
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop
Eopecten sp. Douvillé 1897 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma singhi, Plagiostoma aciculata, Plagiostoma kackeri, Plagiostoma jumarensis
Plagiostoma singhi file clam
sp. nov.
Plagiostoma kackeri file clam
sp. nov.
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) censoriensis, Oxytoma (Oxytoma) sp., "Oxytoma (Oxytoma) inequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) sp. Meek 1864 scallop
"Oxytoma (Oxytoma) inequivalvis" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium (Entolium) partitum
 Carditida - Astartidae
Neocrassina (Pruvostiella) freneixae, Neocrassina (Pruvostiella) cf. scytalis, Neocrassina (Pruvostiella) spitiensis, Astarte (Astarte) pandei
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mesolinga agrawali
Mesolinga agrawali clam
sp. nov.
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya mehrotrai
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia (Protocardia) sastry
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis striata
Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) lirata, Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) cf. lirata
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Praesaccella) juriana
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula blanfordi, Palaeonucula cuneiformis
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Ptychophylloceras insulare, Ptychophylloceras feddeni, Ptychophylloceras cf. ptychoicum, Calliphylloceras lodaense, Calliphylloceras sp.
Ptychophylloceras feddeni Waagen 1875 ammonite
Ptychophylloceras cf. ptychoicum Quenstedt 1845 ammonite
Calliphylloceras sp. Spath 1927 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Ochetoceras (Neocampylites) secula, Hecticoceras (Brightia) sp., Hecticoceras (Pseudobrightia) subpunctata, Hecticoceras (Pseudobrightia) sp., Hecticoceras (? Eochetoceras) sp., Hecticoceras (Sublunuloceras) sp., "Hecticoceras (Sublunuloceras) lairense" = Hecticoceras lairense, Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) sp.
Hecticoceras (Brightia) sp. Bonarelli 1893 ammonite
sp. nov.
Hecticoceras (Pseudobrightia) sp. Bonarelli 1893 ammonite
Hecticoceras (? Eochetoceras) sp. Bonarelli 1893 ammonite
"Hecticoceras (Sublunuloceras) lairense" = Hecticoceras lairense Waagen 1875 ammonite
incl. 2 specimens of H. (S.) lairense magnumbilicum subsp. nov.
Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) sp. Del Campana 1904 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lissoceratidae
Lissoceras (Lissoceratoides) sp.
Lissoceras (Lissoceratoides) sp. Bayle 1879 ammonite
juvenile; misspelled as L. (Lissocratoides) sp. juv.
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Properisphinctes cf. virguloides, Properisphinctes bernensis, "Alligaticeras aff. polymorphum" = Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) polymorphus, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) jacki, Perisphinctes (Perisphinctes) indogermanus, Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) nerunaensis, Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) cf. irregularis, Alligaticeras joorense, "Hubertoceras aff. hubertus" = Obtusicostites devi, "Hubertoceras sp." = Obtusicostites, "Grossouvria (Klematosphinctes) praecursor" = Choffatia
Properisphinctes bernensis de Loriol 1898 ammonite
"Alligaticeras aff. polymorphum" = Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) polymorphus Spath 1931 ammonite
"Hubertoceras aff. hubertus" = Obtusicostites devi Spath 1931 ammonite
"Hubertoceras sp." = Obtusicostites ammonite
sp. nov.
"Grossouvria (Klematosphinctes) praecursor" = Choffatia ammonite
 Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae
Dhosaites elephantoides, Dhosaites cf. elephantoides, Dhosaites otoitoides, Mayaites (Mayaites) sp., Mayaites (Epimayaites) sp., Mayaites (Mayaites) jumarensis, Mayaites (Mayaites) maya, Mayaites (Mayaites) rotundus, Paryphoceras rugosum
Dhosaites otoitoides Spath 1928 ammonite
Mayaites (Epimayaites) sp. ammonite
juvenile
Mayaites (Mayaites) jumarensis Spath 1928 ammonite
Mayaites (Mayaites) maya Sowerby 1840 ammonite
Mayaites (Mayaites) rotundus Spath 1928 ammonite
Paryphoceras rugosum Spath 1928 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
"Parawedekindia sp." = Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia), Euaspidoceras (Euaspidoceras) badiense, Euaspidoceras (Euaspidoceras) sp., Euaspidoceras (Euaspidoceras) ? subdistructum, Euaspidoceras (Paraspidoceras) sp.
"Parawedekindia sp." = Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia) ammonite
Euaspidoceras (Euaspidoceras) sp. Spath 1931 ammonite
juvenile
Euaspidoceras (Paraspidoceras) sp. Spath 1931 ammonite
juvenile