Where: Toliara, Madagascar (23.8° S, 44.4° E: paleocoordinates 38.0° S, 35.9° 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 86518: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Synastrea subflabellata" = Synastrea geometrica
"Synastrea subflabellata" = Synastrea geometrica Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
"Andemantastraea ambatryensis" = Stiboriopsis jamaicaensis
"Andemantastraea ambatryensis" = Stiboriopsis jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral |