Diego (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

Where: Antsiranana, Madagascar (12.3° S, 49.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° S, 39.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 86509: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Guyniidae
"Diegosmilia complanata n. gen." = Palaeopsammia zitteli
"Diegosmilia complanata n. gen." = Palaeopsammia zitteli Vaughan 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Smilotrochus boulei, "? Paratrochocyathus cottreaui" = Trochocyathus, "? Paratrochocyathus antsiranensis" = Trochocyathus, "? Protrochocyathus conica" = Trochocyathus, "? Protrochocyathus costata" = Trochocyathus, ? Desmophyllum ? cylindricum
"? Paratrochocyathus cottreaui" = Trochocyathus stony coral
"? Paratrochocyathus antsiranensis" = Trochocyathus stony coral
"? Protrochocyathus conica" = Trochocyathus stony coral
"? Protrochocyathus costata" = Trochocyathus stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"? Ellipsosmilia aff. tetracycla" = Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia), ? Placosmilia decaryi
"? Ellipsosmilia aff. tetracycla" = Trochosmilia (Ellipsosmilia) stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae