Ile Makamby: Tortonian, Madagascar
collected by Perrier de la Bathie, Collignon & Cottereau, Lavocat 1920, 1954
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Tetrodiscus biforis
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Prometalia spatagus
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Miogypsinidae
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Miogypsina irregularis
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Astrohelia boulei n. sp.
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synonym of Astrhelia | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites waterloti
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Litharaea makambyensis n. sp.
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synonym of Goniopora | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Alveopora gracilis
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Dendracis meridionalis
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus concavus
Bronn 1831
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recombined as Concavus concavus | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Portunidae
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Achelous sp.
De Haan 1833
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lepraliellidae
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Holoporella sp.
Waters 1909
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synonym of Celleporaria | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithodomus sp.
Cuvier 1817
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synonym of Lithophaga | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ostrea virleti
Deshayes 1832
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recombined as Hyotissa virleti | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea aff. duvergieri
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Ostrea aff. sallomacensis
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Ostrea (Crossostrea) gryphoides
(Schlotheim 1813)
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recombined as Crassostrea gryphoides | ||||||||||
var. gingensis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus gaederopus
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten (Chlamys) raulinia
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original and current combination Chlamys | ||||||||||
var. makambyensis | ||||||||||
Pecten (Chlamys) cf. varius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Chlamys (Chlamys) varia | ||||||||||
Pecten (Chlamys) cf. multistriatus
(Poli 1795)
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recombined as Talochlamys multistriata | ||||||||||
Flabellipecten waterloti n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina cf. aquitanica
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Cyphus arenarius
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original and current combination Kuphus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina (Miltha) multilamellata
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spelled with current rank as Miltha | ||||||||||
Lucina globulosa
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Cerithium margaritaceum
(Brocchi 1814)
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recombined as Mesohalina margaritaceus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium disjunctum
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Aturia aturi
(Basterot 1825)
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Halitherium sp.
Kaup 1838
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Dugongidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Savage and Tewari 1977 | |||||||||
Norosiren zazavavindrano n. gen., n. sp.
Samonds et al. 2019
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Samonds et al. 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Rytiodus heali
Domning 2011
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Samonds et al. 2019 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Odontoceti indet.
Flower 1867
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Samonds and Fordyce 2019 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Cybium sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Sphyrna prisca
Agassiz 1843
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recombined as Cestracion prisca | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis serra
Agassiz 1835
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo aduncus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharias (Prionodon) sp.
Müller and Henle 1841
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replaced by Prionace | ||||||||||
Carcharias (Aprionodon) sp.
(Gill 1861)
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original and current combination Aprionodon | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis sp.
Agassiz 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
most likely it is C. chubutensis, as the description reports the presence of lateral cusplets, which is a characteristic of C. chubutensis and the early Miocene (see Pimiento et al. 2013 [secondary ref]) | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Fibulariidae
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Echinocyamus voeltzkowi
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster (Aplospatangus) howa
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synonym of Schizaster | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Camarodonta
- Temnopleuridae
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Opechinus hookeri
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Prionechinus sp.
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Madagascar |
Coordinates: | 15.7° South, 45.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 16.0° South, 45.6° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: lower terrigenous unit and upper nummulitic marl
Early late Miocene, about 10 Ma, or early Tortonian. For this locality, Ramihangihajason et al. (2014; see their Fig. 4, numbers 8, 15, 24) reported foraminiferal taxa and ages including: Ammonia cf. beccarii (early Miocene to Holocene), Alveolinella sp. (middle Miocene to Ho- locene), and Lepidocyclina sp. (Eocene– early Miocene). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | Perrier de la Bathie, Collignon & Cottereau, Lavocat | Collection dates: | 1920s, 1954 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Nosy Makamby, Makamba | ||
Database number: | 51586 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-06-08 12:27:27 | Last modified: | 2019-04-17 15:33:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-06-08 12:27:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15083. | M. Collignon and J. Cottreau. 1927. Paleontologie de Madagascar. XIV. Fossiles du Miocene Marine. Annales de Paleontologie 16:135-171 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
33120 | D. P. Domning. 2010. Sirenia. In L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 147-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
34810 | ETE | R. Lavocat. 1955. Étude des gisements de dinosauriens de la region de Majunga (Madagascar) [Study of the dinosaur localities of the Majunga region (Madagascar)]. Haut Commissariat de Madagascar et Dependances, Direction des Mines et de la Géologie. Travaux du Bureau Geologique 69:1-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
52101 | C. Pimiento, G. González-Barba, A.J.W. Hendy, C. Jaramillo, B. J. MacFadden, C. Montes, S. C. Suarez and M. Shippritt. 2013. Early Miocene chondrichthyans from the Culebra Formation Panama A window into marine vertebrate faunas before closure the Central American Seaway. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 42:159-170 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento] | |
34101 | K. E. Samonds, R. A. Ernat, T. Andrianvalona and D. P. Domning. 2019. New Miocene sirenians from Nosy Makamby, northwestern Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1570223 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
15432 | K. E. Samonds and R. E. Fordyce. 2019. The first pre-Pleistocene cetacean from Madagascar, western Indian Ocean. Journal of African Earth Sciences 151:41847-188 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
13722 | R. J. G. Savage and B. S. Tewari. 1977. A new sirenian from Kutch, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 20:216-218 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |