NW Belohasifaka (Cretaceous of Madagascar)
Where: Madagascar (16.5° S, 46.4° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 31.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• bed-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 98229: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.09.2010
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Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda | |
Sonneratia manosibohitraensis, Pseudosonneratia sakalava, Pseudosonneratia ihopensis, Pseudosonneratia subiserensis
Sonneratia manosibohitraensis ammonite
Pseudosonneratia sakalava ammonite
Pseudosonneratia ihopensis ammonite
Pseudosonneratia subiserensis ammonite | |
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite | |
Cleoniceras aff. tenuicostulatum ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Perissoptera besairiei snail | |
Delpeya cottreaui Collignon 1949 snail |