Belambo (Cretaceous of Madagascar)
Where: Madagascar (16.6° S, 46.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 31.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• bed-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 98230: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.09.2010
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Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea | |
Douvillaster hourcqi heart urchin | |
Discoidea conica sea urchin | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Ephamulina trituberculata" = Epanisoceras
"Ephamulina trituberculata" = Epanisoceras ammonite | |
"Douvilleiceras mamillatum" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum
"Douvilleiceras mamillatum" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum Schlotheim 1813 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop | |
Panopea gurgitis clam
Panopea submandibula clam | |
Sphaera besairiei clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Fossarus besairiei snail | |
Anchura besairiei snail |