Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (17.8° S, 44.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° S, 35.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 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 86609: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Columastrea dubia n. sp.
Columastrea dubia n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral |