Andangovato (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (23.1° S, 44.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° S, 18.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Middle Argovian

• 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 98213: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lissoceratidae
Lissoceras erato d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Proscaphites anar Oppel 1863 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Euaspidoceras perarmatum Sowerby 1822 ammonite
var. beraketaensis
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Prososphinctes sagitta, Perisphinctes orientalis, "Liosphinctes linki" = Perisphinctes (Liosphinctes), "Arisphinctes helenae" = Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes), "Alligaticeras aff. polymorphum" = Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) polymorphus, "Kranaosphinctes behieri" = Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes), "Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) roedereri" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites), "Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) poissoni" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites), "Pachyplanulites randrianarivonyi" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites), "Pachyplanulites praeevolutus" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites), "Pachyplanulites nerunaensis" = Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) nerunaensis, "Discosphinctes tintanti" = Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes), "Discosphinctes aeneas" = Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes), "Discosphinctes aff. schilli" = Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes), "Discosphinctes jelskii" = Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes), "Otosphinctes rota" = Perisphinctes (Perisphinctes) indogermanus, "Dichotomosphinctes falculae" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes), "Dichotomosphinctes decaryi" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes), Dichotomosphinctes wartae, Dichotomosphinctes antecedens, Klematosphinctes perisphinctoides
Prososphinctes sagitta ammonite
var. sagittiformis
"Liosphinctes linki" = Perisphinctes (Liosphinctes) ammonite
var. sakondryensis
"Arisphinctes helenae" = Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) ammonite
"Alligaticeras aff. polymorphum" = Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) polymorphus Spath 1931 ammonite
"Kranaosphinctes behieri" = Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) ammonite
"Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) roedereri" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) ammonite
"Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) poissoni" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) ammonite
"Pachyplanulites randrianarivonyi" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) ammonite
"Pachyplanulites praeevolutus" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) ammonite
"Pachyplanulites nerunaensis" = Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) nerunaensis Spath 1931 ammonite
"Discosphinctes tintanti" = Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes) ammonite
"Discosphinctes aeneas" = Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes) ammonite
"Discosphinctes aff. schilli" = Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes) ammonite
"Discosphinctes jelskii" = Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes) ammonite
"Otosphinctes rota" = Perisphinctes (Perisphinctes) indogermanus Waagen 1875 ammonite
var. fasciculata and constricta
"Dichotomosphinctes falculae" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) ammonite
"Dichotomosphinctes decaryi" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) ammonite
Dichotomosphinctes wartae Bukowski 1887 ammonite
Dichotomosphinctes antecedens Salfeld 1914 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
 Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae
Epimayaites aff. evolutus Spath 1928 ammonite
Epimayaites falcoides Spath 1928 ammonite
Epimayaites axonoides Spath 1928 ammonite
"Prograyiceras aff. tramaunense" = Paryphoceras ammonite
"Prograyiceras furoni" = Paryphoceras ammonite
"Prograyiceras grayi" = Paryphoceras grayi Spath 1928 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae