Maroandnavina (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (16.4° S, 47.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.8° S, 38.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 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 98164: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
"Streblites plicodiscus" = Streblites plicodiscus, "Streblites habyensis" = Streblites plicodiscus
"Streblites plicodiscus" = Streblites plicodiscus Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Streblites habyensis" = Streblites plicodiscus Waagen 1875 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea balli Stefanini 1925 oyster