Isalo III Formation
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| Isalo III Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Bajocian-Bathonian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | Isalo IIIa or Beronono Formation Isalo IIIb or Sakaraha Formation |
| Overlies | Isalo II Formation (unconformity) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Claystone, marl |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 16°36′S 47°00′E / 16.6°S 47.0°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 23°54′S 25°06′E / 23.9°S 25.1°E |
| Region | Mahajanga & Fianarantsoa Provinces |
| Country |  Madagascar |
| Extent | Mahajanga Basin |
  | |
The Isalo III Formation is a geological formation in Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic.[1] The use of the term "Isalo III" is somewhat controversial as the two prior units Isalo I and II are Triassic cross-bedded sandstone units that form a continuous depositional sequence, while the "Isalo III" sandstones are not part of the same depositional sequence, and were deposited considerably later. and are perhaps better treated as part of several separate formations.[2] It is traditionally divided into two subunits the lower, Bajocian aged Isalo IIIa unit also known as the Beronono Formation and the upper, Bathonian aged Isalo IIIb unit also known as the Sakaraha Formation or Sakahara Formation.[3] The Sakaraha Formation consists of sandstones, marls and carbonates and represents a coastal plain environment, and is laterally equivalent to the predominantly carbonate Bemaraha Formation, which represents a coastal barrier lagoon complex.[2] The formation is found in the northwest and in the southeast of the country and has provided a variety of fossils.
Fossil content
[edit]Pterosaur teeth referred to Rhamphorhynchoidea are known from the formation.[4]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs
[edit]Sauropods
[edit]| Sauropods of the Isalo III Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Archaeodontosaurus | A. descouensi | Ambondromamy, Majunga | Teeth and mandible | A eusauropod sauropod |  | |
| Lapparentosaurus[5] | L. madagascariensis | Faritany Majunga | "More than [four] partial skeletons lacking skulls and teeth" | A cetiosaurid sauropod |  | |
| Narindasaurus[6] | N. thevenini | Ankinganivalaka | Right tibia, left pubis, caudal vertebrae, right fibula | A turiasaurian sauropod |  | |
| ?Diplodocoidea Indet[7] | Indeterminate | IIIb | Teeth | |||
| ?Titanosaurifomes Indet[7] | Indeterminate | IIIb | Teeth | |||
Theropoda
[edit]| Theropods of the Isalo III Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Theropoda Indet. | Indeterminate | IIIb | MSNM V6234 "a large, serrated tooth crown"[8] MSNM V5804 vertebra, isolated teeth representing 8 morphotypes[9] | |||
| Ceratosauria Indet. | Indeterminate | IIIb | MSNM V6235 Pedal ungual[8] | |||
Crocodyliformes
[edit]| Crocodyliformes of the Isalo III Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Andrianavoay[10] | A. baroni | IIIb | A machimosaurine thelattosuchian | |||
| Razanandrongobe[3] | R. sakalavae | IIIb | A notosuchian |  | ||
See also
[edit]- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Madagascar
- Geology of Madagascar
References
[edit]- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.542-543
- ^ a b Geiger et al., 2004
- ^ a b Dal Sasso et al., 2017
- ^ Dal Sasso C. & Pasini G., 2003 - First record of pterosaurs (Pterosauria, Archosauromorpha, Diapsida) in the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 144 (II): 281-296.
- ^ Miky Lova Tantely Raveloson; Neil D. L. Clark; Armand H. Rasoamiaramana (2019). "New information on the Madagascan Middle Jurassic sauropod Lapparentosaurus madagascariensis" (PDF). Geosciences. 9 (12): Article 498. Bibcode:2019Geosc...9..498R. doi:10.3390/geosciences9120498.
- ^ Rafael Royo-Torres; Alberto Cobos; Pedro Mocho; Luis Alcalá (2020). "Origin and evolution of turiasaur dinosaurs set by means of a new 'rosetta' specimen from Spain". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (1): 201–227. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa091.
- ^ a b Bindellini & Dal Sasso, 2019
- ^ a b Maganuco S, Cau A, Dal Sasso C, Pasini G. 2007. Evidence of large theropods from the Middle Jurassic of the Mahajanga Basin, NW Madagascar, with implications for ceratosaurian pedal ungual evolution. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 148(II):261-271
- ^ Maganuco S., Cau A. & Pasini G.. 2005 First description of theropod remains from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Madagascar. Atti Soc. it. Sci. nat. Museo civ. Stor. nat. Milano. 146, 165–202.
- ^ Michela M. Johnson; Mark T. Young; Stephen L. Brusatte (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8: e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808. PMC 7548081. PMID 33083104.
Bibliography
[edit]- Royo Torres, Rafael; Cobos, Alberto; Mocho, Pedro; Alcalá, Luis (2021). "Origin and evolution of turiasaur dinosaurs set by means of a new 'rosetta' specimen from Spain". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191: 201–227. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa091.
- Bindellini, Gabriele; Sasso, Cristiano Dal (2019). "Sauropod teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar, and the oldest record of Titanosauriformes". Papers in Palaeontology. 7: 137–161. doi:10.1002/spp2.1282. S2CID 203376597.
- Dal Sasso, Cristiano; Pasini, Giovanni; Fleury, Guillaume; Maganuco, Simone (2017). "Razanandrongobe sakalavae, a gigantic mesoeucrocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar, is the oldest known notosuchian". PeerJ. 5: e3481. doi:10.7717/peerj.3481. PMC 5499610. PMID 28690926.
- Geiger, Markus; Clark, David Norman; Mette, Wolfgang (2004). "Reappraisal of the timing of the breakup of Gondwana based on sedimentological and seismic evidence from the Morondava Basin, Madagascar". Journal of African Earth Sciences. 38 (4): 363–381. Bibcode:2004JAfES..38..363G. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.02.003.
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka, eds. (2004). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 1–880. ISBN 9780520941434.
- Thevenin, A (1907). "Paléontologie de Madagascar. IV Dinosauriens" (PDF). Annales de Paléontologie. 2: 121–136.
Further reading
[edit]- É. Buffetaut. 2005. A new sauropod dinosaur with prosauropod-like teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 176(5):467-473
- S. Maganuco, C. Dal Sasso, and G. Pasini. 2006. A new large predatory archosaur from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Madagascar. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 147(1):19-51
- J. J. Flynn, J. M. Parrish, B. Rakotosamimanana, W. F. Simpson, and A. R. Wyss. 1999. A Middle Jurassic mammal from Madagascar. Nature 401:57-60
- A. Ogier. 1975. Etude de Nouveaux Ossements de Bothriospondylus (Sauropode) d'un Gisement du Bathonien de Madagascar [Study of New Bones of Bothriospondylus (Sauropod) from a Locality from the Bathonian of Madagascar]. Sciences Naturelles, Université de Paris VI 1-111
- M. Collignon. 1954. Decouverte de dinosauriens a Tsinjorano, district d'Ambato-Boeni [Discovery of dinosaurs at Tsinjorano, Ambato-Boeni district]. Bulletin de l'Académie Malgache 31:59-61