Malakialina, unit 3 (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (16.7° S, 46.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° S, 24.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• unit 3, 10 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl and lithified limestone

• marl with limestone banks

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 98126: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.09.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceromya concentrica Sowerby 1825 clam
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
"Ceromyopsis sarthacensis" = Ceratomyopsis
"Ceromyopsis sarthacensis" = Ceratomyopsis clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Brachidontes laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis
"Brachidontes laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lissoceratidae
Lissoceras aff. voultense Oppel 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
 Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
 Ammonitida - Parkinsoniidae
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Choffatia balinensis" = Homoeoplanulites balinensis Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Grossouvria cf. crassa Siemiradzki 1894 ammonite
Choffatia aff. perdagata Waagen 1875 ammonite
Indosphinctes aff. urbanus Spath 1931 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Ptychophylloceras flabellatum Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Holcophylloceras mediterraneum Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Calliphylloceras disputabile Zittel 1869 ammonite
 Nautilida - Cymatoceratidae
Procymatoceras intumescens Waagen 1873 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Paracenoceras kumagunense Waagen 1873 nautiloid
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Terebratula acutiplicata" = Kutchithyris acutiplicata, "Terebratula katametopa" = Kutchithyris katametopa
"Terebratula acutiplicata" = Kutchithyris acutiplicata Kitchin 1900
"Terebratula katametopa" = Kutchithyris katametopa Kitchin 1900
 Rhynchonellida - Erymnariidae
"Rhynchonella rugosa" = Cryptorhynchia rugosa
"Rhynchonella rugosa" = Cryptorhynchia rugosa Kitchin 1900
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
"Rhynchonella pseudoinconstans" = Torquirhynchia pseudoinconstans
"Rhynchonella pseudoinconstans" = Torquirhynchia pseudoinconstans Kitchin 1900
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae