Andrafiamanjera (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (16.6° S, 45.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° S, 31.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• 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 98234: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
"Serpula ootatoorensis" = Parsimonia ootatoorensis
"Serpula ootatoorensis" = Parsimonia ootatoorensis Stoliczka 1873
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Phylloceras velledae" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae
"Phylloceras velledae" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae Michelin 1834 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Ammonoceratites mahadeva
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
"Argonauticeras besairiei" = Argonauticeras belliseptatum
"Argonauticeras besairiei" = Argonauticeras belliseptatum Anthula 1899 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Hysteroceras subbinum
Hysteroceras subbinum Spath 1934 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum, "Beudanticeras hourcqi" = Roberticeras hourcqi, "Beudanticeras revoili" = Roberticeras revoili
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
"Beudanticeras hourcqi" = Roberticeras hourcqi Collignon 1949 ammonite
"Beudanticeras revoili" = Roberticeras revoili Pervinquière 1907 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Beudanticeratidae
Beudanticeras ambanjabense
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Protanisoceras tuberculatum, Protanisoceras gradatum, Protanisoceras crassecostatum, Protanisoceras hourcqi
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Douvilleiceras inaequinodum, "Douvilleiceras mamillatum" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum
Douvilleiceras inaequinodum Quenstedt 1849 ammonite
"Douvilleiceras mamillatum" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum Schlotheim 1813 ammonite
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Cymatoceras sakalavum
Cymatoceras sakalavum Collignon 1949 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Perissoptera besairiei
Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea submandibula, Panopea triangula
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella obtruncata
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia lineolata
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea quinquecostata
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea besairiei" = Gyrostrea besairiei
"Ostrea besairiei" = Gyrostrea besairiei Collignon 1949 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sulcata
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia collignoni
Hoploparia collignoni Van Stralen 1949 clawed lobster