Manamana (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Also known as PGAP 487

Where: Madagascar (22.2° S, 44.3° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° S, 18.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Jurassic (163.5 - 145.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Appert. 1973. DiePteridophyten aus dem Oberen Jura des Manamana in Sudwest-Madagaskar. Schweizerische Palaontologische Abhandlungen Memoires suisses de Paleontologie 94:1-62 [A. Rees/A. Rees/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 30276: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 02.04.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Genus-level assignments and numbers of species are from the PGAP database. Species names are in the process of being entered.
unclassified
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Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Brachyphyllum "sp. 1" Brongniart 1828
Sphenopteridae
  - Sphenopteridae
Sphenopteris "sp. 1" Sternberg 1825
Sphenopteris "sp. 2" Sternberg 1825
Eboracia
  -
Eboracia "sp. 1" Thomas 1911
Polypodiopsida
  - Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenites "sp. 1" Göppert 1836
  -
Cladophlebis "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849
Cladophlebis "sp. 2" Brongniart 1849
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1849 scaly tree fern
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Phlebopteris "sp. 1" Brongniart 1836
Matonidium "sp. 1" Schenk 1871
Piazopteris "sp. 1" Lorch 1969
Dictyophyllum "sp. 1" Lindley and Hutton 1834
Thaumatopteris "sp. 1" Goeppert 1841
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Ruffordia "sp. 1" Seward 1894
Mohriopsis "sp. 1" Appert 1973
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites "sp. 1" Sternberg 1833
  - Polypodiaceae
Onychiopsis "sp. 1" Yokoyama 1895
 Coniferales -
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Elatocladus "sp. 1" Halle 1913 podocarp