Sima Peninsula, Anjouan (biocalcarenite facies) (Pliocene to of Comoros)

Where: Comoros (12.2° S, 44.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 44.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: recrystallized

Primary reference: L. Montaggioni and J. Nougier. 1981. Les enclaves de roches détritiques dans les volcans d'Anjouan (Archipel des Comores). Origine et interprétation dans le cadre de l'évolution du canal de Mozambique. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 23:595-601 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192236: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Soritidae
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis sp. Montfort 1808
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina lessonii d'Orbigny 1826