Antsatramahavelona (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (14.5° S, 47.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° S, 37.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 86508: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Palaeohelia collignoni n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeohelia collignoni n. gen. n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral