PBDB Collection

Mokaraha (Cretaceous to of Madagascar)

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (16.3° S, 45.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.5° S, 36.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Albian to Middle Albian (109.0 - 99.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86506: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2009, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Sedentaria
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula conjuncta, "Serpula ootatoorensis" = Parsimonia ootatoorensis Serpula conjuncta "Serpula ootatoorensis" = Parsimonia ootatoorensis Stoliczka 1873
Cephalopoda
Nautilida - Nautilidae	Cymatoceras subalbense Cymatoceras subalbense
Ammonitida - Labeceratidae	"Ellipsoceras expansum" = Myloceras (Ellipsoceras) expansum, "Abadieceras altissimus" = Myloceras, Labeceras hourcqi, Labeceras crassicostatum "Ellipsoceras expansum" = Myloceras (Ellipsoceras) expansum Collignon 1950 ammonite "Abadieceras altissimus" = Myloceras ammonite Labeceras hourcqi ammonite Labeceras crassicostatum Collignon 1962 ammonite
Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae	Metahamites gignouxi Metahamites gignouxi ammonite
Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae	"Paragaudryceras mokarahaense" = Anagaudryceras "Paragaudryceras mokarahaense" = Anagaudryceras ammonite
Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae	Puzosia androiavensis, Puzosia decemsulcata Puzosia androiavensis ammonite Puzosia decemsulcata ammonite
Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae	Oxytropidoceras boulei, Oxytropidoceras aff. applanatum, Oxytropidoceras acutocarinatum Oxytropidoceras boulei ammonite Oxytropidoceras aff. applanatum Collignon 1936 ammonite Oxytropidoceras acutocarinatum Shumard 1853 ammonite
Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae	Hysteroceras cf. subbinum, "Deiradoceras praerostatum" = Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras), "Deiradoceras (Mimoceras) mokarahense" = Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras), Deiradoceras aff. cunningtoni, "Deiradoceras fibulatum" = Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) bispinosum, "Deiradoceras besairiei" = Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) bispinosum, "Deiradoceras cf. exile" = Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) exile Hysteroceras cf. subbinum Spath 1934 ammonite "Deiradoceras praerostatum" = Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) ammonite "Deiradoceras (Mimoceras) mokarahense" = Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) ammonite Deiradoceras aff. cunningtoni Spath 1933 ammonite "Deiradoceras fibulatum" = Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) bispinosum Spath 1921 ammonite "Deiradoceras besairiei" = Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) bispinosum Spath 1921 ammonite "Deiradoceras cf. exile" = Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) exile van Hoepen 1941 ammonite
Ammonoida - Phylloceratidae	Phylloceras seresitense Phylloceras seresitense Pervinquière 1907 ammonite
Gastropoda
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	Semisolarium loryi Semisolarium loryi snail
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Mesalia ervyna, Mesalia tecta Mesalia ervyna turret shell Mesalia tecta turret shell
Bivalvia
Nuculida - Nuculidae	Nucula hourcqi, Nucula ovata Nucula hourcqi nut clam Nucula ovata Phillips 1841 nut clam
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	"Velopecten madagascariensis" = Eopecten "Velopecten madagascariensis" = Eopecten scallop
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula cf. radiola, Plicatula cf. reynesi Plicatula cf. radiola scallop Plicatula cf. reynesi scallop
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Actinastrea hourcqi n. sp. Actinastrea hourcqi n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral