Jumara Dome, sponge meadows (Jurassic of India)
Where: Gujarat, India (23.7° N, 69.1° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° S, 33.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Patcham Formation, Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified wackestone and lithified marl
• sponge meadows in low energy, open marine environment below storm wave base, on a carbonate ramp; sponges did not form mounds
• well bedded wackestones, 5-20 cm thick, and softly weathering argillaceous marlstones
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. Mehl and F. T. Fürsich. 1997. Middle Jurassic Porifera from Kachchh, western India. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 71:19-33 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93561: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.01.2010
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Taxonomic list
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Demospongiae | |
Melonella radiata Quenstedt 1858 demosponge | |
Rhizotetraclis plana Kolb 1910 demosponge | |
Jumarella astrorhiza n. gen. n. sp., Mastosia rhytidodes n. sp.
Jumarella astrorhiza n. gen. n. sp. Mehl and Fürsich 1997 demosponge
Mastosia rhytidodes n. sp. Mehl and Fürsich 1997 demosponge | |
cf. Cnemidiastrum sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Cnemidiastrum stellatum Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
Platychonia schlotheimi Goldfuss 1833 demosponge | |
"Hyalotragos radiatum" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata, Hyalotragos patella
"Hyalotragos radiatum" = Pyrgochonia (Actinostrombus) radiata Goldfuss 1829 demosponge
Hyalotragos patella Goldfuss 1826 demosponge | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatopora dichotoma stromatoporoid sponge | |
Radicispongia | |
Radicispongia kraspedophora n. sp.
Radicispongia kraspedophora n. sp. Mehl and Fürsich 1997 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Hexactinella prisca n. sp.
Hexactinella prisca n. sp. Mehl and Fürsich 1997 glass sponge | |
Sporadopyle obliqua Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Isastrea propinqua Etallon 1864 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
Dimorpharaea stellans Gregory 1900 stony coral
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Atreta sp. Etallon 1862 scallop | |
Plicatula peregrina scallop | |
Plagiostoma cardiiforme file clam | |
Actinostreon erucum oyster
Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Gryphaea (Bilobissa) alimena
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Gryphaea (Bilobissa) alimena oyster | |
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster | |
Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel | |
Opis (Trigonopis) sp. Munier-Chalmas 1887 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Cryptorhynchia pulcherrima Kitchin 1900 | |
Torquirhynchia pseudoinconstans Kitchin 1900 | |
Kutchithyris jumaraensis, ""Terebratula" katametopa" = Kutchithyris katametopa, Kutchithyris acutiplicata, Kutchithyris planiconvexa, Kutchithyris propinqua
""Terebratula" katametopa" = Kutchithyris katametopa Kitchin 1900
Kutchithyris acutiplicata Kitchin 1900
Kutchithyris planiconvexa Kitchin 1900
Kutchithyris propinqua Kitchin 1900 | |
"Terebratula" sp. Müller 1776 | |
Flabellothyris dichotoma Kitchin 1900 | |
Stenolaemata | |
"Berenicea" sp. Lamouroux 1821 | |
Polychaeta | |
Dorsoserpula sp. Parsch 1956
Pentaserpula sp. Parsch 1956 | |
Cycloserpula sp. Parsch 1956 | |
Insecta | |
Neuropora sp. Khramov 2019 spongillafly | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Rhabdocidaris sp. Desor 1855 pencil urchin |