Soatana: Early Callovian, Madagascar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoma blakei
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes laitmairensis (de Loriol 1883)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Lopha marshii (Sowerby 1814)
Alectryonia gregarea (Sowerby 1816)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula peregrina
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys aff. subtextoria
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
Belemnopsis calloviensis (Oppel 1857)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
Kamptokephalites magnumbilicatus
Pleurocephalites costumbilicatus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Thysanolytoceras adeloides (Kudernatsch 1852)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Choffatia sakuntala
Grossouvria aff. rjasanensis
Grossouvria aff. curvicostata
Grossouvria aff. kontkiewiczi (Siemiradzki 1894)
Subgrossouvria lavocati Collignon 1958
Obtusicostites aff. waageni Spath 1931
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Hecticoceras cf. suborientale
Bonarellia cf. fornix (Sowerby 1840)
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Ptychophylloceras flabellatum Neumayr 1871
Calliphylloceras disputabile (Zittel 1869)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Rhynchonella pseudoinconstans Kitchin 1900
see common names

Geography
Country:Madagascar
Coordinates: 16.6° South, 45.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.7° South, 23.5° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Callovian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Early Callovian
Age range of interval: 165.3 - 161.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:98159
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-09-22 02:00:31 Last modified:2010-09-22 05:00:31
Access level:the public Released:2010-09-22 02:00:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8015.PGAP 1022H. Besairie and M. Collignon. 1972. Geologie de Madagascar I. Les Terrains Sedimentaires. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 35:1-463 [A. Rees/A. Rees]