Kachchh S 4 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° S, 33.5° E)

When: Sadhara Coral Limestone Member (Kaladongar Formation), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore

• finesandy 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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 68388: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Manja Hethke on 19.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites
"Cylindrites sp." = Rugalindrites Gründel and Nützel 2012 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis socialis Morris and Lycett 1853 scallop
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel