Komihevitsy (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (16.5° S, 45.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.8° S, 35.4° E (Wright 2013)

• 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 and lithified limestone

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 98244: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.09.2010, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia collignoni Van Stralen 1949 clawed lobster
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Sabellidae
"Serpula gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina
"Serpula gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina Schlotheim 1820
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Tubulostium
  -
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
 Ammonitida - Trochleiceratidae
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
"Douvilleiceras mamillatum" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum, "Douvilleiceras monile" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum, Douvilleiceras inaequinodum
"Douvilleiceras mamillatum" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum Schlotheim 1813 ammonite
"Douvilleiceras monile" = Douvilleiceras mammillatum Schlotheim 1813 ammonite
Douvilleiceras inaequinodum Quenstedt 1849 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
"Argonauticeras besairiei" = Argonauticeras belliseptatum, Eogaudryceras cf. llosetaense, "Paragaudryceras buddha" = Anagaudryceras
"Argonauticeras besairiei" = Argonauticeras belliseptatum Anthula 1899 ammonite
"Paragaudryceras buddha" = Anagaudryceras ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
"Thysanolytoceras aff. vicimum" = Lytoceras, "Eulytoceras komihevitraense" = Lytoceras
"Thysanolytoceras aff. vicimum" = Lytoceras ammonite
"Eulytoceras komihevitraense" = Lytoceras ammonite
 Ammonitida - Beudanticeratidae
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum, "Beudanticeras komihevitraense" = Roberticeras komihevitraense, "Beudanticeras hourcqi" = Roberticeras hourcqi, "Beudanticeras hirtzi" = Roberticeras hirtzi, "Beudanticeras revoili" = Roberticeras revoili, "Beudanticeras subrotundum" = Roberticeras subrotundum, Uhligella balmensis, Puzosia mozambica, Puzosia quenstedti
"Desmoceras latidorsatum" = Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838 ammonite
"Beudanticeras komihevitraense" = Roberticeras komihevitraense Collignon 1950 ammonite
"Beudanticeras hourcqi" = Roberticeras hourcqi Collignon 1949 ammonite
"Beudanticeras hirtzi" = Roberticeras hirtzi Collignon 1950 ammonite
"Beudanticeras revoili" = Roberticeras revoili Pervinquière 1907 ammonite
"Beudanticeras subrotundum" = Roberticeras subrotundum Collignon 1963 ammonite
Uhligella balmensis Jacob 1908 ammonite
Puzosia quenstedti Parona and Bonarelli 1897 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Silesitidae
Neosilesites (Neposiella) nepos Douvillé 1916 ammonite
 Ammonoida - Phylloceratidae
"Phylloceras velledae inflata" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae inflatum
"Phylloceras velledae inflata" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae inflatum Collignon 1950 ammonite
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Cymatoceras sakalavum Collignon 1949
Gastropoda
 Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia ervyna turret shell
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon berambensis" = Acteon
"Actaeon berambensis" = Acteon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula aff. pectinata Sowerby 1818 nut clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Plicatula cf. batnensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Trigonoarca trichinopolitensis" = Trigonarca
"Trigonoarca trichinopolitensis" = Trigonarca clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola recta" = Modiolatus rectus
"Modiola recta" = Modiolatus rectus Conrad 1837 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
"Rhynchonella cf. polygona" = Burrirhynchia polygona
"Rhynchonella cf. polygona" = Burrirhynchia polygona d'Orbigny 1847
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
"Terebratula sella" = Sellithyris sella, "Terebratula dutemplei" = Boubeithyris prestensis
"Terebratula sella" = Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823
"Terebratula dutemplei" = Boubeithyris prestensis Middlemiss 1983
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster gaudryi heart urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae