Tsaramandroso (Cretaceous of Madagascar)
Where: Madagascar (16.4° S, 47.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° S, 32.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl
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 98227: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.09.2010
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
"Paratrochocyathus crassus" = Trochocyathus crassus
"Paratrochocyathus crassus" = Trochocyathus crassus Alloiteau 1958 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Anchura marginata, "Alaria tegulata" = Dicroloma
Anchura marginata snail
"Alaria tegulata" = Dicroloma snail | |
Turritella neptuni turret shell | |
Ringinella lacryma snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Cytherea fabulina" = Aphrodina (Aphrodina) fabulina
"Cytherea fabulina" = Aphrodina (Aphrodina) fabulina Stoliczka 1870 venus clam | |
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Metahamites cf. spathi ammonite
Metahamites aff. gignouxi ammonite | |
"Douvilleiceras mamillatum" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum
"Douvilleiceras mamillatum" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum Schlotheim 1813 ammonite | |
Ammonoceratites cf. mahadeva ammonite | |
Beudanticeras sp. Hitzell 1902 ammonite | |
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum, Puzosia cf. mayori
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
Puzosia cf. mayori ammonite | |
Lemuroceras sp. ammonite | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Polychaeta | |