Also known as Reef 526
Where: Kachchh, India (23.3° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° S, 32.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chari Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich, D. K. Pandey, W. Oschmann, A.K. Jaitly, and I.B. Singh. 1994. Ecology and adaptive strategies of corals in unfavourable environments: Examples from the Middle Jurassic of the Kachchh Basin, western India. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 194(2-3):269-303 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24047: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 29.07.2002
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Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Bivalvia | |
Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam | |
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, "Catinula sandalina" = Gryphaea (Catinula)
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
"Catinula sandalina" = Gryphaea (Catinula) oyster | |
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster | |
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster | |
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Plicatula cf. oepybolis scallop | |
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840 snail | |
Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail | |