Where: Madagascar (23.5° S, 44.2° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° S, 34.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray, green, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Walaszczyk, R. Marcinowski, T. Praszkier, K. Dembicz, and M. Bienkowska. 2004. Biogeographical and stratigraphical significance of the latest Turonian and Early Coniacian inoceramid/ammonite succession of the Manasoa section on the Onilahy River, south-west Madagascar. Cretaceous Research 25:543-576 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46613: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 20.01.2005

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