Amberomena (Jurassic of Madagascar)
Where: Madagascar (22.3° S, 44.6° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° S, 18.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
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 98188: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.09.2010
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Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda | |
Prieserites cf. boehmi, "Parawedekindia arduennensis" = Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia) arduennensis, Parawedekindia torosa, "Prieserites interscissus" = Peltoceratoides interscissus, Euaspidoceras babeaui
Prieserites cf. boehmi ammonite
"Parawedekindia arduennensis" = Peltoceratoides (Parawedekindia) arduennensis d'Orbigny 1848 ammonite
Parawedekindia torosa Oppel 1866 ammonite
"Prieserites interscissus" = Peltoceratoides interscissus Uhlig 1881 ammonite
Euaspidoceras babeaui d'Orbigny 1848 ammonite | |
Dhosaites primus Spath 1928 ammonite
Mayaites obesus ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pleurotomaria cf. uniformis" = Longstaffia uniformis
"Pleurotomaria cf. uniformis" = Longstaffia uniformis Cowper Reed 1901 snail | |
Pleurotomaria hourcqi snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Chlamys subtextoria scallop | |
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle | |
Astarte episcopalis clam | |
Trigonia nitida clam |