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Ichnology of the Goradongar Formation, Goradongar hill range, Patcham island, Kachchh, Western India

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The middle Jurassic Goradongar Formation exposed in Goradongar hill represents a mixed siliciclasticcarbonate succession with shales and limestones. They contain a large number of well preserved trace fossils. Total 44 ichnospecies of 31 ichnogenera; representing diverse ethology, were grouped in five ichnoassemblages (Planolites, Palaeophycus, Gyrochorte, Rhizocorallium and Arenicolites assemblage). These recurring ichnoassemblages represent the Cruziana ichnofacies and occasionally a mixed Skolithos-Cruziana ichnofacies. Patterns of diversity and density of the trace fossils reveal changes in bathymetry, oxygen level, trophic level and the sub-strate conditions at the time of deposition. These paleoenvironment and palaeo-oceanography changes are co-relatable to world-wide Bathonian-Callovian (middle Jurassic) deposits.

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    Satish J. Patel & Jaquilin K. Joseph

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    Nishith Y. Bhatt

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Patel, S.J., Joseph, J.K. & Bhatt, N.Y. Ichnology of the Goradongar Formation, Goradongar hill range, Patcham island, Kachchh, Western India. J Geol Soc India 84, 129–154 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-014-0116-0

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