Where: Toliara, Madagascar (20.4° S, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° S, 20.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower 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 86495: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Isastrea parvistella n. sp.
Isastrea parvistella n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral | |
Aggomorphastraea barrabei, "Isastrea aff. irregularis" = Trigerastraea irregularis, Microphyllia cf. davidsoni
Aggomorphastraea barrabei Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
"Isastrea aff. irregularis" = Trigerastraea irregularis Koby 1906 stony coral
Microphyllia cf. davidsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Plesiostylina hourcqi n. gen. n. sp., ? Adelocoenia sp.
Plesiostylina hourcqi n. gen. n. sp. Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
? Adelocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Cryptocoenia cf. dolfussi stony coral |