Where: Comoros (12.2° S, 44.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.3° S, 44.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: recrystallized
Primary reference: L. Montaggioni and J. Nougier. 1981. Les enclaves de roches détritiques dans les volcans d'Anjouan (Archipel des Comores). Origine et interprétation dans le cadre de l'évolution du canal de Mozambique. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 23:595-601 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 192236: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.03.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Amphistegina lessonii d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Borelis sp. Montfort 1808 | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 |