Location Mj 9'-3 (Paleocene of Madagascar)

Where: Madagascar (15.8° S, 46.5° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 38.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by I. Obata, Y. Kanie

• Repository: NSM PM (National Science Museum, Tokyo)

Primary reference: I. Obata and Y. Kanie. 1978. Danian Nautiloid from Majunga, Northwest Madagascar. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series C (Geology and Paleontology) 4(2):73-84 [M. Clapham/K. Okamoto/K. Okamoto]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165776: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 28.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Hercoglossa majungaensis n. sp. Obata and Kanie 1978 nautiloid