Andranomantsy (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (12.7° S, 49.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.6° S, 29.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 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 98091: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
"Belemnites ex gr. calloviensis" = Pachybelemnopsis canaliculatus
"Belemnites ex gr. calloviensis" = Pachybelemnopsis canaliculatus Schlotheim 1820 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Sivajiceras magnumbilicatum, Sivajiceras perrobustum, "Sivajiceras aff. robustum" = Sivajiceras paramorphum, "Sivajiceras besairiei" = Sivajiceras paramorphum, "Sivajiceras cf. aureum" = Sivajiceras paramorphum, Sivajiceras aff. congener, Subgrossouvria dubia, Subgrossouvria gudjinsirensis, Choffatia aff. furcula, "Grossouvria kontkiewiezi" = Choffatia, "Grossouvria cf. subtilis" = Choffatia, "Grossouvria cf. bucharicus" = Choffatia, Grossouvria aff. crassa
"Sivajiceras aff. robustum" = Sivajiceras paramorphum Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Sivajiceras besairiei" = Sivajiceras paramorphum Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Sivajiceras cf. aureum" = Sivajiceras paramorphum Waagen 1875 ammonite
Sivajiceras aff. congener Waagen 1875 ammonite
Subgrossouvria gudjinsirensis Waagen 1875 ammonite
Choffatia aff. furcula Neumayr 1871 ammonite
"Grossouvria kontkiewiezi" = Choffatia ammonite
"Grossouvria cf. subtilis" = Choffatia ammonite
"Grossouvria cf. bucharicus" = Choffatia ammonite
Grossouvria aff. crassa Siemiradzki 1894 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tulitidae
Bullatimorphites bullatus d'Orbigny 1846 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Holcophylloceras mediterraneum Neumayr 1871 ammonite