Menarandrohy River (Jurassic of Madagascar)
Where: Madagascar (23.7° S, 44.3° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° S, 17.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
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 98194: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.09.2010
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Pygurus joieaudi sea urchin
Pygurus umbrella sea urchin
"Pygurus depressus" = Pygurus (Mepygurus) depressus Agassiz 1847 sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
"Trigonia hispida" = Orthotrigonia hispida
"Trigonia hispida" = Orthotrigonia hispida Kitchin 1900 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Oppelia aspidoides ammonite | |
"Choffatia aff. subbakeriae" = Choffatia subbackeriae
"Choffatia aff. subbakeriae" = Choffatia subbackeriae d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite | |
Kamptokephalites lamellosus ammonite
Macrocephalites triangularis ammonite
Pleurocephalites habyensis Spath 1928 ammonite | |
Ptychophylloceras jaraense ammonite
Ptychophylloceras feddeni Waagen 1875 ammonite
Calliphylloceras disputabile Zittel 1869 ammonite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella inconstans" = Torquirhynchia inconstans
"Rhynchonella inconstans" = Torquirhynchia inconstans Sowerby 1821 | |