Kachchh HW 1 (Jurassic of India)

Where: India (23.5° N, 70.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.4° S, 46.4° E (Wright 2013)

When: Dhosa Sandstone Member (Chari Formation), Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, bioturbated, fine-grained sandstone

• bioturbated, fine-grained sandstone

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 Unpublished data from Kachchh.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 63532: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Franz Fursich on 16.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
? Daghanirhynchia sp. Muir-Wood 1935
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon marshi Sowerby 1814 oyster
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae