Where: Madagascar (22.8° S, 44.6° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° S, 19.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)
• samples 21, 22, 27, 28, 40, 42, 44
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: W. Mette. 2004. Middle to Upper Jurassic sedimentary sequences and marine biota of the early Indian Ocean (SW Madagascar): some biostratigraphic, palaeoecologic and palaeobiogeographic conclusions. Journal of African Earth Sciences 38:331-342 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101703: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherelloidea "sp. 1" Alexander 1929 ostracod | |
? Acanthocythere sp. ostracod | |
Paradoxorhyncha malgachica ostracod
Paradoxorhyncha australiense ostracod
Paradoxorhyncha "sp. 1" Chapman 1904 ostracod | |
"Ektyphocythere "sp. 1"" = Kinkelinella (Ektyphocythere)
"Ektyphocythere "sp. 1"" = Kinkelinella (Ektyphocythere) ostracod | |
Darwinula sp. Brady and Robertson 1885 ostracod | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
? Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster | |
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle | |
Tancredia sp. Lycett 1850 clam | |
? Pronoella sp. Fischer 1887 clam | |
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam | |
? Ceratomya sp. Sandberger 1864 clam |