Andranomarivo (Jurassic of Madagascar)

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

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria andranomarivensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral