Tongobory (Jurassic of Madagascar)

Where: Toliara, Madagascar (19.9° S, 45.4° E: paleocoordinates 25.9° S, 21.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

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 86480: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia induta Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
Montlivaltia cottreaui Collignon 1932 stony coral
Montlivaltia hourcqi Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
Montlivaltia aff. caryophyllata Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae
Andemantastraea tongoboryensis n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Keriophyllia fischeri de Fromentel 1873 stony coral
var. superficialis
Keriophyllia hourcqi Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Smilotrochiidae
Plesiocoenia menabensis n. gen. n. sp.
Plesiocoenia menabensis n. gen. n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Trigerastraea nuda n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Ellipsosmiliidae
Macgeopsis complanata Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
Macgeopsis grandidieri de Fromentel 1873 stony coral
Macgeopsis subcylindrata n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral