Pointe Sada (Miocene of Madagascar)
Where: Madagascar (15.9° S, 45.2° E: paleocoordinates 16.4° S, 44.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine
Primary reference: M. Collignon and J. Cottreau. 1927. Paleontologie de Madagascar. XIV. Fossiles du Miocene Marine. Annales de Paleontologie 16:135-171 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55831: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Strombus nodosus Borson 1820 conch | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea aff. virgata oyster | |
"Cyphus arenarius" = Kuphus
"Cyphus arenarius" = Kuphus clam | |
Echinoidea | |
"Eolampas excentricus" = Pseudopygaulus
"Eolampas excentricus" = Pseudopygaulus sea urchin | |
Echinocyamus voeltzkowi sand dollar | |
Echinopsis thieryi n. sp.
Echinopsis thieryi n. sp. sea urchin |