Ampanihy (Cretaceous of Madagascar)
Where: Mahajanga, Madagascar (16.5° S, 46.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° S, 32.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Albian (112.0 - 99.6 Ma)
• Lemuroceras zone
• 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 86504: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2009