Where: Toliara, Madagascar (23.6° S, 44.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° S, 34.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. Walaszczyk, R. Marcinowski, T. Praszkier, K. Dembicz, and M. Bienkowska. 2004. Biogeographical and stratigraphical significance of the latest Turonian and Early Coniacian inoceramid/ammonite succession of the Manasoa section on the Onilahy River, south-west Madagascar. Cretaceous Research 25:543-576 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46608: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 20.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Barroisiceras onilahyense" = Barroisiceras (Barroisiceras) onilahyense
"Barroisiceras onilahyense" = Barroisiceras (Barroisiceras) onilahyense Basse 1947 ammonite | |
Tongoboryceras beantalyense ammonite | |
Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sparsicostatum Kossmat 1897 ammonite | |
Scaphites (Scaphites) kieslingswaldensis Langenhan and Grundey 1891 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |