Soaravikely (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Toliara, Madagascar (20.3° S, 45.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 32.2° S, 33.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• unit 1

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Besairie and M. Collignon. 1972. Geologie de Madagascar I. Les Terrains Sedimentaires. Annales Geologiques de Madagascar 35:1-463 [A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98171: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.09.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Clypeidae
"Echinopygus cf. cottreaui" = Pygurus
"Echinopygus cf. cottreaui" = Pygurus sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha gregarea" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Ceromya concentrica Sowerby 1825 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Ptychophylloceras feddeni Waagen 1875 ammonite
Holcophylloceras mediterraneum Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Calliphylloceras disputabile Zittel 1869 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
 Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae