Adabofolo (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (23.1° S, 44.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 18.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 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 98185: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Calliphylloceras disputabile Zittel 1869 ammonite
Holcophylloceras mediterraneum Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Partschiceras adabofolense Collignon 1958 ammonite
Ptychophylloceras flabellatum Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Phylloceras kudernatschi Hauer 1854 ammonite
"Phylloceras semiplicatum" = Phylloceras kudernatschi semiplicatum Spath 1930 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Grossouvria aff. curvicosta" = Indosphinctes (Elatmites) curvicosta Oppel 1857 ammonite
Subgrossouvria blakei Spath 1931 ammonite
Subgrossouvria gudjinsirensis Waagen 1875 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
"Thysanolytoceras adeloides" = Lytoceras eudesianum adeloides
"Thysanolytoceras adeloides" = Lytoceras eudesianum adeloides Kudernatsch 1852 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Oxycerites aff. aspidoides Oppel 1857 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Vetigastropoda -
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
"Riselloidea bitorquata" = Calliotropis (Riselloidea)
"Riselloidea bitorquata" = Calliotropis (Riselloidea) snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia morrisi Cox and Arkell 1949 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Dicrolama (Alaria) denticula" = Dicroloma, "Dicrolama (Alaria) acuminata" = Dicroloma, "Dicrolama (Alaria) tridigitata" = Dicroloma
"Dicrolama (Alaria) denticula" = Dicroloma snail
"Dicrolama (Alaria) acuminata" = Dicroloma snail
"Dicrolama (Alaria) tridigitata" = Dicroloma snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
"Cloughtonia pyramidalis" = Microschiza (Cloughtonia)
"Cloughtonia pyramidalis" = Microschiza (Cloughtonia) periwinkle
 Neritoidea - Neridomidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon)
"Indogrammatodon virgatus" = Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea duplicata, Ctenostreon hector, Lima schardti, "Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiforma" = Plagiostoma
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
Lima schardti de Loriol 1883 file clam
"Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiforma" = Plagiostoma file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Eopecten aubryi" = Eopecten velatus
"Eopecten aubryi" = Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
"Pecten kachhensis" = Weyla kachhensis
"Pecten kachhensis" = Weyla kachhensis Cox 1952 scallop
 Ostreida - Eligmidae
Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Brachidontes (Arcomytilus) laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis
"Brachidontes (Arcomytilus) laitmairensis" = Arcomytilus laitmairensis de Loriol 1883 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Corbis adabofolensis" = Fimbria, Sphaeriola madridi
"Corbis adabofolensis" = Fimbria clam
Sphaeriola madridi d'Archiac 1843 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia viceliacensis d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Megalodontida - Ceratomyopsidae
"Ceromyopsis striata" = Ceratomyopsis striata
"Ceromyopsis striata" = Ceratomyopsis striata d'Orbigny 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tancrediidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) kaoraensis" = Palaeonucula
"Nucula (Palaeonucula) kaoraensis" = Palaeonucula nut clam
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
Plegiocidaris jacobi pencil urchin
 Pedinoida - Pedinidae
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Holectypus sarthacensis Cotteau 1856 sea urchin
 Irregularia - Clypeidae
Mepygurus depressus Agassiz 1847 sea urchin