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
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unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula radiola transiens scallop | |
Malacostraca | |
Hoploparia collignoni Van Stralen 1949 clawed lobster | |
Sedentaria | |
"Serpula gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina
"Serpula gordialis" = Glomerula serpentina Schlotheim 1820 | |
Tubulostium | |
Cephalopoda | |
Protanisoceras hourcqi ammonite
Protanisoceras komihevitraense ammonite
Metahamites gignouxi ammonite | |
Trochleiceras balearense ammonite | |
"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 | |
"Argonauticeras besairiei" = Argonauticeras belliseptatum, Eogaudryceras cf. llosetaense, "Paragaudryceras buddha" = Anagaudryceras
"Argonauticeras besairiei" = Argonauticeras belliseptatum Anthula 1899 ammonite
Eogaudryceras cf. llosetaense ammonite
"Paragaudryceras buddha" = Anagaudryceras ammonite | |
Beudanticeras aff. dupini ammonite | |
"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 mozambica ammonite
Puzosia quenstedti Parona and Bonarelli 1897 ammonite | |
Neosilesites (Neposiella) nepos Douvillé 1916 ammonite | |
"Phylloceras velledae inflata" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae inflatum
"Phylloceras velledae inflata" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae inflatum Collignon 1950 ammonite | |
Cymatoceras sakalavum Collignon 1949 | |
Gastropoda | |
Discohelix thevenini snail | |
Calliostoma elegantissima top snail | |
Solariella besairiei snail | |
Semisolarium moniliferum snail | |
Dicroloma carinata snail
Perissoptera ebrayi snail | |
Rissoina hourcqi snail | |
Fossarus besairiei snail | |
Mesalia ervyna turret shell | |
"Actaeon berambensis" = Acteon
"Actaeon berambensis" = Acteon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula aff. pectinata Sowerby 1818 nut clam | |
Neithea quinquecostata Sowerby 1814 scallop | |
Plicatula cf. reynesi, Plicatula perinflata, Plicatula cancellata, "Plicatula cf. batnensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi
Plicatula cf. reynesi scallop
Plicatula perinflata scallop
Plicatula cancellata scallop
"Plicatula cf. batnensis" = Plicatula (Plicatula) ferryi Coquand 1862 scallop | |
"Trigonoarca trichinopolitensis" = Trigonarca
"Trigonoarca trichinopolitensis" = Trigonarca clam | |
"Modiola recta" = Modiolatus rectus
"Modiola recta" = Modiolatus rectus Conrad 1837 mussel | |
Sphaera besairiei clam | |
Panopea triangula clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella cf. polygona" = Burrirhynchia polygona
"Rhynchonella cf. polygona" = Burrirhynchia polygona d'Orbigny 1847 | |
"Terebratula sella" = Sellithyris sella, "Terebratula dutemplei" = Boubeithyris prestensis
"Terebratula sella" = Sellithyris sella Sowerby 1823
"Terebratula dutemplei" = Boubeithyris prestensis Middlemiss 1983 | |
Echinoidea | |
Toxaster gaudryi heart urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
Turbinolia lamelliphorcides stony coral |