Anontsy (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Also known as Reef 462

Where: Toliara, Madagascar (23.8° S, 44.3° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° S, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• coral meadows in a basically siliciclastic context (Lathuiliere 2002)

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 86409: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Parisastraea collignoni n. gen. n. sp.
Parisastraea collignoni n. gen. n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis
Lochmaeosmilia trapeziformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sp., Stylina dubia n. sp., ? Stylina madagascariensis n. sp.
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Stylina dubia n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
? Stylina madagascariensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Vallimeandra brachyserioides n. sp.
Vallimeandra brachyserioides n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral