Ferruginous shale, Pohra section, Jaisalmer (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (27.1° N, 70.9° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 37.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, ferruginous shale

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: K. D. Kalita, S. K. Kulshreshtha, and N. Sahni. 2002. Fossil holothurian sclerite assemblage from the Callovian-Oxfordian rocks of Jaisalmer, Western Rajasthan, India. Journal Palaeontological Society, India 47:137-144 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133245: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 08.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Holothuroidea
 Apodida - Achistridae
Achistrum monochrodata
  - Theeliidae
Jumaraina indica
Jumaraina indica Soodan 1977 sea cucumber
  - Priscopedatidae
Priscopedatus sp., Brianella acuta, Brianella giganta, Sastriella sp.
Priscopedatus sp. Schlumberger 1890 sea cucumber
Brianella acuta Soodan 1975 sea cucumber
Brianella giganta Soodan 1975 sea cucumber
Sastriella sp. Soodan 1975 sea cucumber
 Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Eocaudina sp.
Eocaudina sp. Martin 1952 sea cucumber
  - Stichopitidae
Cucumarites spitiensis, Cucumarites soodanii
Cucumarites spitiensis Soodan 1986 sea cucumber
Cucumarites soodanii Kalita et al. 2002 sea cucumber