Bepea (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (22.8° S, 44.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.5° S, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• Rauracian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

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 98192: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Aulacostephanidae
Microbiplices microbiplex
Microbiplices microbiplex Quenstedt 1887 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Pachyplanulites mahabobokensis" = Perisphinctes mahabobokensis, "Prososphinctes virguloides" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) virguloides, "Discosphinctes besairiei" = Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes), "Pachyplanulites cf. irregularis" = Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) irregularis, "Pachyplanulites subevolutus" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites), "Pachyplanulites rabei" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites), "Dichotomosphinctes germaini" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) germaini
"Pachyplanulites mahabobokensis" = Perisphinctes mahabobokensis Collignon 1959 ammonite
"Prososphinctes virguloides" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) virguloides Waagen 1875 ammonite
"Discosphinctes besairiei" = Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes) ammonite
"Pachyplanulites cf. irregularis" = Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) irregularis Spath 1931 ammonite
"Pachyplanulites subevolutus" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) ammonite
"Pachyplanulites rabei" = Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) ammonite
"Dichotomosphinctes germaini" = Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) germaini Collignon 1959 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae
Lithacoceras torquatiforme, Lithacoceras mombassanum
Lithacoceras torquatiforme ammonite
var. umbilicata
Lithacoceras mombassanum Dacqué 1910 ammonite
var. antrobikensis
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Paraspidoceras magdalenae, Aspidoceras (Intranodites) spathi
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
"Hemilytoceras fraasi" = Lytoceras
"Hemilytoceras fraasi" = Lytoceras ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lissoceratidae
Lissoceras cf. erato
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Taramelliceras externnodosum
Taramelliceras externnodosum Dorn 1930 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Phylloceras consanguineum" = Phylloceras (Phylloceras) consanguineum, Ptychophylloceras aff. subtychoicum
"Phylloceras consanguineum" = Phylloceras (Phylloceras) consanguineum Gemmellaro 1876 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Leptomaria ilonensis, Bathrotomaria besairiei
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sowerbyanus
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya ovalis
Pholadomya ovalis Sowerby 1819 clam
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
Ceratomyopsis basochiana
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Anisocardia germaini
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina cutleri
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya acosta
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
"Trigonia (Frenguelliella) teali" = Frenguelliella
"Trigonia (Frenguelliella) teali" = Frenguelliella clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea henningi
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha marshi, Lopha cf. intricata
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon flambarti
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella aviculoides
Gervillella aviculoides Sowerby 1814 oyster
var. malagasyensis
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Pseudolimea) sp.
Lima (Pseudolimea) sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Indogrammatodon marorokensis" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Indogrammatodon marorokensis" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam