Corals, Marigot de Balling,Sénégal (Paleocene of Senegal)

Where: Thies, Senegal (14.4° N, 17.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.6° N, 21.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Alloiteau. 1952. Note sur des polypiers du Senegal. Extrait du bulletin de la direction des mines (14)9-18 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76721: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 30.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
"Lithostrotionoides tessieri n. gen. n. sp." = Glenarea cretacea
"Lithostrotionoides tessieri n. gen. n. sp." = Glenarea cretacea Pocta 1887 stony coral