List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Madagascar explained

Several fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Madagascar have provided fossils, most notably the Maastrichtian Maevarano Formation and the Jurassic Isalo III Formation. The oldest fossil-bearing formations date to ages before the break-up of Madagascar from Africa and India; the units of the Sakoa Group are found in both India and Madagascar, while the Beaufort Group is shared with southern Africa.

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See also

• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Africa
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mozambique
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Seychelles
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa
• Geology of Madagascar

Further reading

• O. Appert. 1977. Die Glossopteris flora der Sakoa in Sudwest-Madagaskar. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 162:1-50
  • L. R. Cox. 1936. Karroo Lamellibranchia from Tanganyika Territory and Madagascar. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 92(365):32-56
• A. A. Farke and J. J. W. Sertich. 2013. An abelisauroid theropod dinosaur from the Turonian of Madagascar. PLoS ONE 8(4):e62047
• M. D. Gottfried, R. R. Rogers, and K. A. Curry Rogers. 2004. First record of Late Cretaceous coelacanths from Madagascar. Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates, in G. Arratia, M. V. H. Wilson, and R. Cloutier (eds.), Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München 687–691
• M. D. Gottfried, J. A. Rabarison, and L. L. Randriamiarimanana. 2001. Late Cretaceous elasmobranchs from the Mahajanga Basin of Madagascar. Cretaceous Research 22:491-496
• N. J. Mateer, P. Wycisk, L. L. Jacobs, M. Brunet, P. Luger, M. A. Arush, F. Hendriks, T. WEissbrod, G. Gvirtzman, E. Mbede, A. Dina, R. T. J. Moody, G. Weigelt, H. A. El-Nakhal, J. Hell and J. Stets. 1992. Correlation of nonmarine Cretaceous strata of Africa and the Middle East. Cretaceous Research 13:273-318
• J. M. Mazin and G. M. King. 1991. The first dicynodont from the Late Permian of Malagasy. Palaeontology 34(4):837-842
• R. Paulian. 1965. Découverte d’une faune entomologique permienne à Madagascar. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris 260:4028-4030
• C. Dal Sasso and G. Pasini. 2003. First record of pterosaurs (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha, Pterosauria) in the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 144:281-296
  • • E. I. White. 1932. On a new Triassic fish from North-east Madagascar. Journal of Natural History 10:80-83

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Berivotra&group_formation_member=Berivotra Berivotra Formation
2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Maevarano&group_formation_member=Maevarano Maevarano Formation
3. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Ankazomihaboka&group_formation_member=Ankazomihaboka Ankazomihaboka Formation
4. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Ambolafotsy&group_formation_member=Ambolafotsy Ambalofotsy Formation
5. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Ankarafantsika&group_formation_member=Ankarafantsika Ankarafantsika Formation
6. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Kandreho&group_formation_member=Kandreho Kandreho Formation
7. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Bemerara&group_formation_member=Bemerara Bemaraha Formation
8. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Isalo%20III&group_formation_member=Isalo%20III Isalo III Formation
9. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=Isalo&formation=Isalo%20II&group_formation_member=Isalo%20II Isalo II Formation
10. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Middle%20Sakamena&group_formation_member=Middle%20Sakamena Middle Sakamena Formation
11. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=Sakamena&formation=Lower%20Sakamena&group_formation_member=Lower%20Sakamena Lower Sakamena Formation
12. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=41495 Toliara
13. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=Sakoa&group_formation_member=Sakoa Sakoa Formation
14. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Karharbari&group_formation_member=Karharbari Karharbari Formation
15. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Talchir&group_formation_member=Talchir Talchir Formation