Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae (Michelin, 1834)

Remarks

• Collector:    Unknown

• Formation:  Lower Albian rocks

• Location:     Madagascar

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1834 Ammonites velledae Michelin

• 1841 Ammonites velledae Michelin; d'Orbigny

• 1856 ¹ Ammonites velledae Michelin; Sharpe

• 1906 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Boule, Lemoine and Thévenin

• 1907 Phylloceras sp. Crick

• 1921 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Spath

• 1925 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Spath

• 1928 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Collignon

• 1930 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Besairie

• 1932 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Collignon

• 1936 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Venzo

• 1947 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Breistroffer

• 1949 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Collignon

• 1950 ¹ Phylloceras velledae (Michelin) var. inflate Collignon

• 1953 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Collignon

• 1957 ¹ Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Almela and de la Revilla

• 1960 Euphylloceras velledae (Michelin); Drushchitza and Kudryavtseva

• 1962 Hypophylloceras velledae velledae (Michelin); Wiedmann

• 1963 Phylloceras velledae (Michelin); Collignon

• 1963 ¹ Phylloceras velledae (Michelin) var. inflata Collignon; Collignon

• 1964 Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae (Michelin); Wiedmann

• 1968 Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae velledae (Michelin); Wiedmann & Dieni

• 1976 Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) aff. morelianum (d'Orbigny); Avram

• 1977 Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae (Michelin); Kennedy and Klinger

• 1979 Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae (Michelin); Destombes

• 1993 Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae (Michelin); Joly

• 2000 Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae (Michelin); Joly

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Unnamed early middle Cenomanian, late Albian, early Albian, and late Aptian rocks

Age

• Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae (Michelin) ranges from the Late Aptian to  early middle Cenomanian Stage, ~114-95 mya.

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• France (Ain, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Aube, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Haute-Savoie, Pas-de-Calais, Yonne)

• northwestern Madagascar

• South Africa (Zululand)

• Mozambique

• Spain (Balearics)

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Collignon, M.  1932.  Les Ammonites Pyriteuses de l'Albien Supérieur du Mont Raynaud à Madagascar.  Gouvemernement Général de Madagascar et Dépendances, Annales Géologiques de Service des Mines 2, 2–36.

• Collignon, M.  1963.  Atlas des Fossiles Caractéristiques de Madagascar, Fascicule X (Albian).  Tananarive:  Service Géologique 84, Fig. 1177.

• Joly, B.  2000.  Les Juraphyllitidae, Phylloceratidae, Neophylloceratidae (Phyllocerataceae, Phylloceratina, Ammonoidea) de France au Jurassic et au Crétacé.  Géobios 23, 141-142; plate 35, fig. 1; Fig. 314-318.

• Kennedy, W. J.; Klinger, H. C.  1977.  Cretaceous Faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The Ammonite Family Phylloceratidae.  Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 27(5), 360-362; plate 4, fig. 5; plate 5, fig. 4; plate 6, fig. 1; plate 7, fig's 2-3; and plates 8, 10, and 11.

• Spath, L. F.  1921.  On Cretaceous Cephalopoda from Zululand.  Annals of the South African Museum 12 (7), 217–321.