Mt. Ambohidroha (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (18.7° S, 44.6° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° S, 21.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• Lower Portlandian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, glauconitic limestone

• rich in ammonites

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86496: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Thecocyathus collignoni n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral