Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (16.4° S, 45.4° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 27.2° S, 35.6° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
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 86494: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Thamnasteria andranomarivensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral |