Amboromihanto: Early/Lower Callovian, Madagascar
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Elasmophora collignoni n. gen., n. sp.
Alloiteau 1958
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| synonym of Adelocoenia bacciformis | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Madagascar | State/province: | Mahajanga |
| Coordinates: | 16.6° South, 45.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.8° South, 23.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal 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: | 86493 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-04 02:27:17 | Last modified: | 2009-02-04 04:33:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-04 02:27:17 |
| 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] |