Tsaramandroso (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (16.4° S, 47.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° S, 32.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Besairie and M. Collignon. 1972. Geologie de Madagascar I. Les Terrains Sedimentaires. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 35:1-463 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98227: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
"Douvilleiceras mamillatum" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum
"Douvilleiceras mamillatum" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum Schlotheim 1813 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Beudanticeratidae
Beudanticeras sp. Hitzell 1902 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella neptuni turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Alaria tegulata" = Dicroloma, Anchura marginata
"Alaria tegulata" = Dicroloma snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cytherea fabulina" = Aphrodina (Aphrodina) fabulina
"Cytherea fabulina" = Aphrodina (Aphrodina) fabulina Stoliczka 1870 venus clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Paratrochocyathus crassus" = Trochocyathus crassus
"Paratrochocyathus crassus" = Trochocyathus crassus Alloiteau 1958 stony coral