Where: Toliara, Madagascar (23.2° S, 45.2° E: paleocoordinates 54.1° S, 24.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Beaufort Group, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• Karoo Supergroup "Sakamena Beds"; Cistecephalus zone, upper zone of Lower Beaufort, corresponding to late Capitanian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandy shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1936. Karroo Lamellibranchia from Tanganyika Territory and Madagascar. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 92(365):32-56 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41495: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Modiolopsis stockleyi n. sp.
Modiolopsis stockleyi n. sp. clam | |
Gervillia elianae n. sp.
Gervillia elianae n. sp. oyster |