Mokaraha: Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian, Madagascar
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Desmoceras latidorsatum
(Michelin 1838)
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| var. longesulcata | ||||||||||
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= Desmoceras longesulcata
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Wagner 2020 | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula ootatoorensis
Stoliczka 1873
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| recombined as Parsimonia ootatoorensis | ||||||||||
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Serpula conjuncta
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras seresitense
(Pervinquière 1907)
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Tetragonitidae
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Paragaudryceras mokarahaense
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| synonym of Anagaudryceras | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Mojsisovicsiidae
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Oxytropidoceras boulei
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Oxytropidoceras aff. applanatum
(Collignon 1936)
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Oxytropidoceras acutocarinatum
(Shumard 1853)
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Brancoceratidae
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Deiradoceras praerostatum
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) | ||||||||||
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Deiradoceras (Mimoceras) mokarahense
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) | ||||||||||
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Deiradoceras fibulatum
Collignon 1950
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| synonym of Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) bispinosum | ||||||||||
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Deiradoceras besairiei
Collignon 1950
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| synonym of Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) bispinosum | ||||||||||
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Deiradoceras aff. cunningtoni
Spath 1933
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Deiradoceras cf. exile
van Hoepen 1941
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) exile | ||||||||||
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Hysteroceras cf. subbinum
Spath 1934
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Puzosia androiavensis
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Puzosia decemsulcata
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Labeceratidae
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Labeceras hourcqi
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Labeceras crassicostatum
Collignon 1962
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Abadieceras altissimus
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| synonym of Myloceras | ||||||||||
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Ellipsoceras expansum
Collignon 1950
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| recombined as Myloceras (Ellipsoceras) expansum | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Anisoceratidae
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Metahamites gignouxi
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Cymatoceras subalbense
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Mesalia ervyna
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Mesalia tecta
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Semisolarium loryi
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula hourcqi
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Nucula ovata
Phillips 1841
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Velopecten madagascariensis
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
| synonym of Eopecten | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula cf. radiola
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Plicatula cf. reynesi
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Besairie and Collignon 1972 | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastrea hourcqi n. sp.
Alloiteau 1958
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Mahajanga |
| Coordinates: | 16.3° South, 45.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.6° South, 32.5° 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: | Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 109.90000 - 100.50000 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: | 86506 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, P. Wagner | Enterer: | U. Merkel, P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-05 01:26:08 | Last modified: | 2010-09-28 04:52:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-05 01:26:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29108. | J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 8015 | PGAP 1022 | H. Besairie and M. Collignon. 1972. Geologie de Madagascar I. Les Terrains Sedimentaires. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 35:1-463 [A. Rees/A. Rees] |
| 65064 | P. Wagner. 2020. Subspecies kluges: a pointless taxonomic database to create species opinions for subspecies that then will be over-ruled and allow subspecies occurrences to be recognized as the subspecies rather than the parent species. [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |