Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (18.6° S, 44.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.4° S, 32.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: J. Alloiteau. 1958. Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar [Monograph of fossil corals from Madagascar]. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 25:1-218 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86498: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris n. gen.
Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris n. gen. Stoliczka 1873 stony coral | |
Ovalastrea polygonalis n. sp.
Ovalastrea polygonalis n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral | |
Cryptocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral |