Sakamena (Permian to of Madagascar)

Also known as PGAP 13199

Where: Madagascar (23.6° S, 44.6° E: paleocoordinates 53.3° S, 23.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lower Sakamena Formation (Sakamena Group), Capitanian to Capitanian (264.3 - 254.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Age assignment is from Langford, 1992

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: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30284: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• List from p. 402. Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
Voltziopsida
 Voltziales - Voltziaceae
Voltzia "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Phyllotheca "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Cycadopsida
 Pteridospermales -
Thinnfeldia "sp. 1" Ettingshausen 1852 cycads
Arberiopsida
 Arberiales -
Glossopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828