Ambondromamy (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (16.4° S, 47.2° E: paleocoordinates 24.5° S, 25.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Besairie and M. Collignon. 1972. Geologie de Madagascar I. Les Terrains Sedimentaires. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 35:1-463 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98125: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.09.2010, edited by Paul Scofield

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
"Rhynchonella variabilis" = Cirpa variabilis
"Rhynchonella variabilis" = Cirpa variabilis Schlotheim 1813
 Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
"Terebratula euryptycha" = Kutchithyris euryptycha, "Terebratula acutiplicata" = Kutchithyris acutiplicata, "Terebratula breviplicata" = Kutchithyris breviplicata
"Terebratula euryptycha" = Kutchithyris euryptycha Kitchin 1900
"Terebratula acutiplicata" = Kutchithyris acutiplicata Kitchin 1900
"Terebratula breviplicata" = Kutchithyris breviplicata Kitchin 1900
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Hubertoceras omphalodes" = Obtusicostites, Hubertoceras cf. mutans, Obtusicostites devi, "Obtusicostites obtusicosta" = Obtusicostites obtusicosta, "Kinkeliniceras crassiplanula" = Obtusicostites obtusicosta, "Obtusicostites ushas" = Obtusicostites obtusicosta, "Obtusicostites buckmani" = Obtusicostites obtusicosta, Kinkeliniceras aff. subwaageni, "Kinkeliniceras catillus" = Kinkeliniceras angygaster, "Kinkeliniceras varuna" = Kinkeliniceras angygaster, "Kinkeliniceras aff. krishna" = Kinkeliniceras angygaster, Subgrossouvria blakei, Properisphinctes aff. noetlingi, Properisphinctes bernensis
"Hubertoceras omphalodes" = Obtusicostites ammonite
Hubertoceras cf. mutans Waagen 1875 ammonite
Obtusicostites devi Spath 1931 ammonite
"Obtusicostites obtusicosta" = Obtusicostites obtusicosta Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Kinkeliniceras crassiplanula" = Obtusicostites obtusicosta Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Obtusicostites ushas" = Obtusicostites obtusicosta Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Obtusicostites buckmani" = Obtusicostites obtusicosta Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Kinkeliniceras catillus" = Kinkeliniceras angygaster Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Kinkeliniceras varuna" = Kinkeliniceras angygaster Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Kinkeliniceras aff. krishna" = Kinkeliniceras angygaster Waagen 1875 ammonite
Subgrossouvria blakei Spath 1931 ammonite
Properisphinctes bernensis de Loriol 1898 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula cuneiformis Sowerby 1840 nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus bipartitus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Eopecten aubryi" = Eopecten velatus
"Eopecten aubryi" = Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Alectryonia gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Indogrammatodon blakei" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon), "Indogrammatodon aff. virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Indogrammatodon blakei" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
"Indogrammatodon aff. virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae