Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.5° S, 46.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 38.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-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 86512: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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? Oculina osiris Wanner 1902 stony coral | |
"Palaeopsammia mitsinjoensis n. sp." = Balanophyllia caulifera
"Palaeopsammia mitsinjoensis n. sp." = Balanophyllia caulifera Conrad 1848 stony coral | |
"Sakalavicyathus collignoni n. gen. n. sp." = Palaeopsammia collignoni, "Palaeopsammia zitteli" = Palaeopsammia zitteli, "Palaeopsammia multiformis" = Palaeopsammia zitteli
"Sakalavicyathus collignoni n. gen. n. sp." = Palaeopsammia collignoni Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
"Palaeopsammia zitteli" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral
"Palaeopsammia multiformis" = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |