Sahera, Kutch, Bhuj Formation, Ukra Member (Cretaceous of India)

Where: Gujarat, India (23.8° N, 68.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° S, 35.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ukra Member (Bhuj Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• Fe-oolitic limestone

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 66782: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Deshayesites deshayesi d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Pisotrigonia ghuneriensis n. sp." = Pterotrigonia
"Pisotrigonia ghuneriensis n. sp." = Pterotrigonia clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
"Eselaevitrigonia cardiniiformis" = Laevitrigonia (Eselaevitrigonia)
"Eselaevitrigonia cardiniiformis" = Laevitrigonia (Eselaevitrigonia) clam