Mitsinjo: Maastrichtian, Madagascar

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
? Oculina osiris Wanner 1902
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Palaeopsammia mitsinjoensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1958
synonym of Balanophyllia caulifera
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Sakalavicyathus collignoni n. gen., n. sp. Alloiteau 1958
recombined as Palaeopsammia collignoni
Palaeopsammia zitteli (Vaughan 1900)
Palaeopsammia multiformis Wanner 1902
synonym of Palaeopsammia zitteli
see common names

Geography
Country:Madagascar State/province:Mahajanga
Coordinates: 15.5° South, 46.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.6° South, 38.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:86512
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-02-05 07:35:00 Last modified:2009-02-05 09:35:00
Access level:the public Released:2009-02-05 07:35:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29108. 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]