Andranosamonta Village: Oxfordian, Madagascar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Steneosaurus baroni n. sp. Newton 1893
recombined as Andrianavoay baroni
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Trochactaeonina richardsoni n. sp. Newton 1895
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola angustissima n. sp. Newton 1895
Perna latoconvexa n. sp. Newton 1895
Mytilus madagascariensis n. sp. Newton 1895
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae
Belemnites hastatus Blainville 1808
recombined as Belemnopsis hastata
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida
Belemnites sauvanausus d'Orbigny 1843
recombined as Rhopaloteuthis sauvanausa
see common names

Geography
Country:Madagascar State/province:Sofia
Coordinates: 14.4° South, 48.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.7° South, 26.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Oxfordian
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Oolite
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: "Lower Oolite" (Newton 1895)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Andranosamontana
Database number:199158
Authorizer:A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2019-01-23 05:59:12 Last modified:2019-03-04 16:28:28
Access level:the public Released:2019-01-23 05:59:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24472.ETE R. B. Newton. 1895. On a collection of fossils from Madagascar obtained by the Rev. R. Baron. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 51:72-92 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

68058 P. Lemoine. 1906. Études Géologiques dans le Nord de Madagascar. Contributions à l’Histoire Géologique de l’Océan Indien [Geological Notes in the North of Madagascar. Contributions to the Geological History of the Indian Ocean] 1-520 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]