Baonamary M1, Majunga, Madagascar (Cretaceous to of Madagascar)

Also known as KT 100

Where: Madagascar (15.8° S, 46.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.5° S, 43.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian to Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• 100-200 m water depth estimated
• Strongly marly limestone. Clay content increasing upsection.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

• Echinids, ostracods, foraminifers, and bivalves reported but not listed

Primary reference: K. Brood. 1976. Cyclostomatous Bryozoa from the Paleocene and Maastrichtian of Majunga basin Madagascar. GĂ©obios 9(4):393-408 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22983: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Only Bryozoans
Stenolaemata
 Tubuliporata -
"Cyclostomata indet." = Tubuliporata
"Cyclostomata indet." = Tubuliporata
 Tubuliporata - Tubuliporidae
 Tubuliporata - Entalophoridae
 Tubuliporata - Oncousoeciidae