Androiavy, unit 4: Late/Upper Albian, Madagascar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Bergericeras cf. bergeri
Bergericeras miliaris
Durnovarites depressus
synonym of Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia)
Durnovarites subdepressus
synonym of Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella aff. forbesi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby 1814)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gurgitis
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Perissoptera parkinsoni (Mantell 1822)
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras seresitense (Pervinquière 1907)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Beudanticeras rectisulcatum Collignon 1936
recombined as Roberticeras rectisulcatum
Desmoceras latidorsatum (Michelin 1838)
recombined as Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Hysteroceras orbignyi (Spath 1922)
Pervinquieria kiliani
Pervinquieria quadrinodosa
Pervinquieria stoliczkai (Spath 1921)
original and current combination Subschloenbachia stoliczkai
Pervinquieria pachys
Pervinquieria aff. pricei (Spath 1922)
Pervinquieria rostrata (Sowerby 1817)
recombined as Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum
Pervinquieria inflata (Sowerby 1818)
recombined as Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum
Goodhallites maniambaensis
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
Anisoceras saussurei
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Labeceratidae
Labeceras spathi
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster cf. gaudryi
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster zululandensis Besairie and Lambert 1930
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster hoepeni
see common names

Geography
Country:Madagascar State/province:Mahajanga
Coordinates: 14.7° South, 47.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° South, 36.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Albian
Age range of interval:106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: unit 4, 40 m thick
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:98220
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-09-24 06:37:08 Last modified:2010-09-24 09:37:35
Access level:the public Released:2010-09-24 06:37:08
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]