Ankilimanjaka (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (21.0° S, 44.8° E: paleocoordinates 26.9° S, 20.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous 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 98180: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Alligaticeras polymorphum" = Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) polymorphus
"Alligaticeras polymorphum" = Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) polymorphus Spath 1931 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Metapeltoceras diversiforme Waagen 1875 ammonite
Peltoceras metamorphicum Spath 1931 ammonite
"Peltoceras athleta" = Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta Phillips 1829 ammonite
Peltoceras kachhense Spath 1931 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Calliphylloceras disputabile Zittel 1869 ammonite
 Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima blanfordi file clam