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

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae
Delpeya cottreaui Collignon 1949 snail