Maromandia (Jurassic of Madagascar)
Where: Madagascar (14.2° S, 48.1° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 27.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• unit 1
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous sandstone
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 98095: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.09.2010
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Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella pseudoinconstans" = Torquirhynchia pseudoinconstans
"Rhynchonella pseudoinconstans" = Torquirhynchia pseudoinconstans Kitchin 1900 | |
Bivalvia | |
Palaeonucula blanfordi nut clam | |
Modiolus glendayi mussel | |
Plicatula peregrina scallop | |
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Belemnopsis calloviensis" = Pachybelemnopsis canaliculatus
"Belemnopsis calloviensis" = Pachybelemnopsis canaliculatus Schlotheim 1820 belemnite | |
Pleurocephalites sp. ammonite
Macrocephalites sp. Zittel 1884 ammonite |