Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (15.2° S, 47.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 39.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 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 86517: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Astrocoenia pumila stony coral | |
"Eupsammia narindensis" = Balanophyllia caulifera
"Eupsammia narindensis" = Balanophyllia caulifera Conrad 1848 stony coral | |
"Paratrochocyathus besairiei" = Trochocyathus, Leptocyathus hexacristatus
"Paratrochocyathus besairiei" = Trochocyathus stony coral
Leptocyathus hexacristatus Alloiteau 1936 stony coral |