Also known as Andranosamontana
Where: Sofia, Madagascar (14.4° S, 48.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.7° S, 26.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Oolite Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)
• "Lower Oolite" (Newton 1895)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 199158: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 23.01.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Steneosaurus baroni n. sp." = Andrianavoay baroni
"Steneosaurus baroni n. sp." = Andrianavoay baroni Newton 1893 marine crocodile | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Belemnites hastatus" = Belemnopsis hastata
"Belemnites hastatus" = Belemnopsis hastata Blainville 1808 belemnite | |
"Belemnites sauvanausus" = Rhopaloteuthis sauvanausa
"Belemnites sauvanausus" = Rhopaloteuthis sauvanausa d'Orbigny 1843 belemnite | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochactaeonina richardsoni n. sp.
Trochactaeonina richardsoni n. sp. Newton 1895 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiola angustissima n. sp. Newton 1895 mussel
Mytilus madagascariensis n. sp. Newton 1895 mussel
Perna latoconvexa n. sp. Newton 1895 mussel |