Kachchh 940123-4 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.1° S, 33.1° E)

When: Gadhada Sandstone Member (Gadhada Formation), Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified sandstone

• fine-grained sandstone, fauna scattered, with 1 cm thick shell beds. Root (3) and stem (2) fragments.

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 62352: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 19.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis, Nuculoma wynnei
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
Nuculoma wynnei nut clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp.
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia waltoni
Bakevellia waltoni Lycett 1863 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon erucum
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon), Grammatodon (Grammatodon) jurianus
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella extensa
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia (Trigonia) distincta
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
bored by cylindrical tunnels, 1-2 mm [originally entered as "Crinoida sp."]