Ambatomanendry (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (20.3° S, 45.3° E: paleocoordinates 27.0° S, 20.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Lower Argovian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, yellow 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 98176: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Euaspidoceras ovale Neumann 1907 ammonite
Euaspidoceras oegir Oppel 1863 ammonite
"Parawedekindia trifurcata" = Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia) ammonite
Parawedekindia torosa Oppel 1866 ammonite
Parawedekindia choffati de Loriol 1900 ammonite
"Parawedekindia arduennensis" = Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia) arduennensis d'Orbigny 1848 ammonite
var. ankilizatensis
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Trimarginites trimarginatus Oppel 1857 ammonite
"Taramelliceras callicerum" = Taramelliceras (Taramelliceras) callicerum Oppel 1863 ammonite
Putealiceras intermedium Collignon 1958 ammonite
var. samatrensis
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Ptychophylloceras ptychoicum Quenstedt 1845 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnopsis gerardi Oppel 1856 belemnite
Hibolites weberi belemnite