Where: Toliara, Madagascar (20.3° S, 45.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° S, 37.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 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 86520: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Actinastrea menabensis n. sp." = Actinastrea subdecaphylla
"Actinastrea menabensis n. sp." = Actinastrea subdecaphylla Oppenheim 1930 stony coral |