Where: Madagascar (22.9° S, 44.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 44.5° S, 25.7° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Acanthoplites bigoureti ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Aptian (119.6 - 113.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by P. Hirtz in 1949
Primary reference: M. Collignon. 1962. Atlas des fossiles caractéristiques de Madagascar (Ammonites). Fascicule IX (Aptien). Service Géologique Tananarive 1-64 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/L. Bulot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 168092: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Hypacanthoplites hirtzi n. sp.
Hypacanthoplites hirtzi n. sp. Collignon 1962 ammonite |