Kachchh S 41a (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 33.3° E)

When: Goradongar Yellow Flagstone Member (Goradongar Formation), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, fine-grained, sandy lime mudstone

• fine sandy micrite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F.T. Fürsich. 2006. Unpublished data from Kachchh. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/F. Fursich]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67663: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 03.12.2006

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Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis fibrosa Laube 1867 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Virgellia sobralensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Bakevellia waltoni Lycett 1863 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Mytiloperna patchamensis oyster
encr. (1) serpulid
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Indocorbula lyrata Sowerby 1840 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Platymyoidea indet. Cox 1964 clam
originally entered as "Platymyoidea sp."
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartidae indet. d'Orbigny 1844 clam
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam