Mamoro, Kingonio (Triassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (13.4° S, 48.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° S, 41.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: I. Vaillant-Couturier Treat. 1933. Paléontologie de Madagascar. XIX - Le Permo-Trias Marin. Annales de Paléontologie 22:39-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119512: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Holothuroidea
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? Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
Irregular cylindrical impressions in nodules
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
""Aspidites" sp." = Clypeoceras
""Aspidites" sp." = Clypeoceras Smith 1913 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
"Meekoceras cf. hodgsoni" = Ambites discus
"Meekoceras cf. hodgsoni" = Ambites discus Waagen 1895 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
"Aspidites cf. madagascariensis" = Paranorites madagascariensis
"Aspidites cf. madagascariensis" = Paranorites madagascariensis Diener 1914 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
""Solenomya" sp." = Solemya
""Solenomya" sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam