Where: Madagascar (16.8° S, 46.5° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 24.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• Macrocephalites chariensis and Nothocephalites semilaevis zone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified, argillaceous limestone
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 98129: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula aurata" = Kutchithyris propinqua, "Terebratula acutiplicata" = Kutchithyris acutiplicata
"Terebratula aurata" = Kutchithyris propinqua Kitchin 1900
"Terebratula acutiplicata" = Kutchithyris acutiplicata Kitchin 1900 | |
"Rhynchonella rugosa" = Cryptorhynchia rugosa
"Rhynchonella rugosa" = Cryptorhynchia rugosa Kitchin 1900 | |
Bivalvia | |
Palaeonucula blanfordi nut clam
Nuculoma blakei nut clam | |
"Ceromyopsis aff. sarthacensis" = Ceratomyopsis
"Ceromyopsis aff. sarthacensis" = Ceratomyopsis clam | |
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Lopha flabelloides oyster | |
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster | |
Liostrea stoliczkai oyster | |
Plicatula kachhensis scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Holcophylloceras mediterraneum, Calliphylloceras disputabile, Partschiceras subobtusum, Ptychophylloceras flabellatum
Holcophylloceras mediterraneum Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Calliphylloceras disputabile Zittel 1869 ammonite
Partschiceras subobtusum ammonite
Ptychophylloceras flabellatum Neumayr 1871 ammonite | |
Oecotraustes conjugens ammonite | |
Indocephalites kheraensis, Indocephalites chrysoolithicus, Idiocycloceras rebillyi, Pleurocephalites maevaranensis, Pleurocephalites habyensis, Kamptokephalites magnumbilicatus, Macrocephalites madagascariensis, Macrocephalites formosus
Indocephalites kheraensis ammonite
Indocephalites chrysoolithicus ammonite
Idiocycloceras rebillyi ammonite
Pleurocephalites maevaranensis ammonite
Pleurocephalites habyensis Spath 1928 ammonite
Kamptokephalites magnumbilicatus ammonite
Macrocephalites madagascariensis ammonite
Macrocephalites formosus ammonite | |
Paracenoceras calloviense Oppel 1858
Paracenoceras kumagunense Waagen 1873 | |
"Belemnopsis calloviensis" = Pachybelemnopsis canaliculatus
"Belemnopsis calloviensis" = Pachybelemnopsis canaliculatus Schlotheim 1820 belemnite |